Performance Improvement in Schools: A Case of Overdose?.

Walker, Allan; Stott, Ken

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ERIC Number: EJ601251

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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Performance Improvement in Schools: A Case of Overdose?

Walker, Allan; Stott, Ken

Educational Management & Administration, v28 n1 p63-76 Jan 2000

A parallel may be drawn between pressure to perform in sports and pressures on schools to perform. Schools, like athletes, are often tempted to use artificial performance-enhancing substances. Application of such measures (prescribed standards, devolution, and fads) leads to undesirable consequences. Alternatives are suggested. (Contains 26 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Stress Variables, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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