School Leadership in the Context of Standards-Based Reform International Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Volante, Louis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Educational Leadership ; 16
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Assessment.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

“Although standards-based reform emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom, the idea has spread across the world, as an approach to systemic reform.  It might appear that there is a world-wide “tsunami” of standards-based reform that will standardize and homogenize the educational system a...