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School inspections in low- and middle-income countries: Explaining impact and mechanisms of impact

Ehren, M; Eddy Spicer, D; Bangpan, M; Reid, A; (2016) School inspections in low- and middle-income countries: Explaining impact and mechanisms of impact. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education , 47 (4) pp. 468-482. 10.1080/03057925.2016.1239188. Green open access

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Abstract

Many efforts to implement and improve school inspections have been modelled on examples from high-income countries, and many studies on the effectiveness of such systems have also only been carried out in these countries. However, local contexts in low- and middle-income countries are very different from those in developed countries, and findings about the effectiveness of school inspections from Western studies are therefore not easily transferable to low- and middle-income countries. Existing literature portrays complex and varied links amongst governance context, policy, design of accountability systems, mechanisms of impact and school outcomes that make translation of conditions across studies challenging. This paper presents the results of a systematic review about the conditions under which school inspections lead to improvement in schools and to positive learning outcomes for schoolchildren in low- and middle-income countries, especially the poorest and most marginalised.

Type: Article
Title: School inspections in low- and middle-income countries: Explaining impact and mechanisms of impact
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2016.1239188
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2016.1239188
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 British Association for International and Comparative Education. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education on 24 October 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03057925.2016.1239188.
Keywords: Accountability, educational networks, collaborative arrangements, evaluation, multi-academy trusts, inspections
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1526990
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