School Inspections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Explaining Impact and Mechanisms of Impact
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School Inspections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Explaining Impact and Mechanisms of Impact
Abstract/Description
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.
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Date
Volume
47
Issue
4
Pages
468-482
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
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Published Text
Scholarship genre
Synthesis/Overview
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Open access/full-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
0305-7925
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Citation
Ehren, M. C. M., Eddy-Spicer, D., Bangpan, M., & Reid, A. (2017). School Inspections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Explaining Impact and Mechanisms of Impact. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 47(4), 468–482. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2016.1239188
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