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A science in the service of an art? The use of ‘value added’ analyses of school performance to aid school improvement

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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...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Education
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
Role:
Author

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Division:
SSD
Department:
Education
Role:
Supervisor


Publication date:
2001
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


Language:
English
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Local pid:
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Deposit date:
2011-04-14

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