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Publication Date: 2011
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Life in the Pressure Cooker--School League Tables and English and Mathematics Teachers' Responses to Accountability in a Results-Driven Era
Perryman, Jane; Ball, Stephen; Maguire, Meg; Braun, Annette
British Journal of Educational Studies, v59 n2 p179-195 2011
This paper is based on case-study research in four English secondary schools. It explores the pressure placed on English and mathematics departments because of their results being reported in annual performance tables. It examines how English and maths departments enact policies of achievement, the additional power and extra resources the pressure to achieve brings and the possibility of resistance. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Departments, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Negative Attitudes, Educational Policy, Reputation, English Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Reform Act 1988 (England)
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