Perspectives on Educational Quality Illustrative Outcomes on Primary and Secondary Schooling in the Netherlands /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scheerens, Jaap (Editor), Luyten, Hans (Editor), van Ravens, Jan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education, 1
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Assessment.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.

The quality of education is a term that is frequently used in public debates. Understood in the sense of education being “generally okay” , or rather, most frequently, as “not okay”. Perhaps there is an overruling nostalgic view that formerly education was better than today. In scholarly discourse t...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Perspectives on Educational Quality; Jaap Scheerens
• 2. Measuring Educational Quality by Means of Indicators; Jaap Scheerens
• 3. Description and Earlier Quality Review of the Dutch Educational System; Jaap Scheerens
• 4. The Quality of Education in the Netherlands, as expressed by Achievement Attainment Indicators; Hans Luyten
• 5. The Selectivity and Vocational Orientation of Education Systems; Jan van Ravens
• 6. Summary and Discussion; Jaap Scheerens. Index.  .