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ERIC Number: EJ1112574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1478-2103
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Quality and the Rise of Value-Added in Education: The Case of Ireland
Brown, Martin; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe
Policy Futures in Education, v14 n6 p810-829 Sep 2016
This paper examines the rise of value-added as a measure of quality in education. As a point of departure, the paper begins with an analysis of the rise of the concept of quality in education and discusses how, at times, various contradictory determinants of quality have managed to influence the evaluation and assessment frameworks of most countries. Leading on from this, the second part of the paper provides a discussion on the use of value-added as a determinant of quality in education. Finally, the study concludes with a discussion on the challenges relating to the introduction of value-added into the Irish education system, a development which will, arguably, become a contentious educational reform initiative within the future landscape of Irish education.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
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