Payment by Results (1862-1897): Ensuring a Good Return on Governmental Expenditure.

Rapple, Brendan A.

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ERIC Number: EJ436364

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Publication Date: 1991

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Payment by Results (1862-1897): Ensuring a Good Return on Governmental Expenditure.

Rapple, Brendan A.

Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, v25 n3 p183-201 Dec 1991

Reviews the origin, practice, and effects of the "payment by results" law in late nineteenth-century England, in which elementary education was funded on the basis of students' examination results. Argues that such a system of educational accountability severely hampered development of English and Welsh elementary education. (PAA)

Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Performance, School Funds, Test Use, Testing, Testing Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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