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Education Evaluation Policy in Chile: Experience at a Multigrade Rural School as a Contribution to Social Justice
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Jessica Aliaga-Rojas; Miguel Del Pino – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2025
This article presents the perspective of rural teaching that shows the invisibility and undermining within the prevailing evaluative policy regime in Chile, a country that controls education and its actors based on the structural foundation of accountability. We focus this study on rural territory to answer this research question: What experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Rural Schools, Social Justice
Meeting the Educational Needs of Children in Sparsely Populated Areas through Multigrade Teaching: An Experience from Zambia. A Summary of a Research Report.
Lungwangwa, Geoffrey – 1990
A study conducted in 1988 assessed the effectiveness of the multigrade system in providing a primary education at four pilot schools in sparsely populated, rural areas of Zambia. In an attempt to alleviate the problems of financial strain and low enrollment in rural schools, this system combines two or more grade levels into one class taught by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Classroom Techniques, Community Support
Long Term Effects of a Staff Development Programme on Effective Instruction and Classroom Management for Teachers in Multigrade Classes.
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Veenman, Simon; Raemaekers, Jan – Educational Studies, 1995
Presents the findings of a six-year staff development program for multigrade teachers. Discovers a significant increase in the time on task levels of the pupils and the instructional and classroom management skills of the teachers. Discusses the implications of, and problems with, the study. (MJP)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment