Sociological and Political Concerns about School Effectiveness Research: Time for a New Research Agenda.

Thrupp, Martin

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ERIC Number: EJ630805

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Publication Date: 2001

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Sociological and Political Concerns about School Effectiveness Research: Time for a New Research Agenda.

Thrupp, Martin

School Effectiveness and School Improvement, v12 n1 p7-40 Mar 2001

School-effectiveness research (SER) has been criticized for being a socially and politically decontextualized body of literature that supports inequitable reforms. Critics rightly address several problems within the SER field: overclaiming (that furthers the Right's political/social agenda), continued undertheorizing, and inability to control political use of its findings. (Contains 93 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Conservatism, Educational Change, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Political Influences, Research Needs, Research Problems, Theory Practice Relationship

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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