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RESEARCH PRODUCT
: Policies of decentralization in education : international diversity, theoretical reasoning, empirical evidence
Nathalie Monssubject
Educational policyComparaison internationaleSchool autonomyComparative education[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationDecentralizationPolitique éducativeAutonomie scolaire[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationEducation comparéeAssessmentAcademic achievementDécentralisation de l'éducationEvaluation[SHS.SCIPO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political sciencePerformance scolaire[ SHS.SCIPO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political scienceInternational comparisondescription
Over the past two decades, decentralization of governments has become common throughout the world. The education sector is no exception. Countries with diverse economic, spatial, demographic and educational features have implemented significant decentralization reforms. The traditional typology of educational functions, characterized by contrasts between central states federal states has grown enriched with families of newly decentralized educational systems. However, despite the polical popularity of decentralization reforms, neither economic and political theories nor empirical evaluations give consistent grounds for this worldwide trend. Despite an impressive amount of literature, mainly descriptive in nature, theoretical and empirical debate on whether decentralization leads to improved student achievements still lies unresolved.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-01-01 |