Schools in Trouble Again: A Critique of the National Challenge (2008)

Autor/in	Riddell, Richard
Titel	Schools in Trouble Again: A Critique of the National Challenge (2008)
Quelle	In: Improving Schools, 12 (2009) 1, S.71-80 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1365-4802
DOI	10.1177/1365480208101723
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Social Justice; Secondary Schools; Benchmarking; Policy Analysis; Educational Attainment; Urban Schools; Educational Change; Accountability; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Politics of Education; Achievement Gap; Educational Assessment; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Sekundarschule; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The National Challenge, whereby all secondary schools had to attain 5 A*--Cs by 2011, was launched in June 2008. In this article, Richard Riddell outlines the main provisions of the National Challenge, which he characterizes as shallow, mechanistic and playing an old "performativity" tune. Although the new benchmark will be achieved by many more schools, this will often be at the expense of the more fundamental, longer term changes necessary for social justice, particularly in urban or socially disadvantaged communities. And schools not likely to achieve the benchmark will be forced to take on a new organizational form which, unless the schools' intakes are changed, will still have to address the same issues. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10