Thesis
A science in the service of an art? The use of ‘value added’ analyses of school performance to aid school improvement
- Abstract:
-
The thesis is concerned to explore whether and how ‘value added’ data analyses can contribute to school improvement, and to identify some of the conditions under which this might be so. In the course of conducting the study, the author experienced a tension between the ‘research’ and the ‘development’ dimensions of her work, and this is used to inform the outcomes of the thesis. The thesis is underpinned by three related aims: first, to provide a historical and evaluative overview of how t...
Expand abstract
Actions
- Publication date:
- 2001
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
-
English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
-
uuid:ff55c39e-d9f2-4483-bbef-cf827f250781
- Local pid:
-
ora:5261
- Deposit date:
-
2011-04-14
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Saunders, L
- Copyright date:
- 2001
- Notes:
- To see figure 8.1 please view the MS Word version of Chapter 8.
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record