Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link?
The main focus of the present paper is to answer two different questions: From the perspective of Austrian education policy, which core areas of schooling are linked to the demand for equal opportunity? Can these reform efforts sustain the current state of research, and what are the consequences for...
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| description | The main focus of the present paper is to answer two different questions: From the perspective of Austrian education policy, which core areas of schooling are linked to the demand for equal opportunity? Can these reform efforts sustain the current state of research, and what are the consequences for schooling? The paper draws on an analysis by Hopmann,
Geppert & Bauer (2010). Fifteen official self-presentations (political programmes) of Austrian political parties were analysed for statements concerning the improvement of the education system. This resulted in about seventy different statements, which were aggregated into eight core areas. We conducted a systematic analysis of four of these core areas, dealing with
the topics of equal opportunity: comprehensive school, all-day schooling, school autonomy and standardisation of students’ achievements. The aim was not to judge the legitimacy or the political content of the claims made. In line with evaluative discourse, we asked whether the combination of political demands and their associated expectations met the current state
of research. In many policy programmes, it is assumed that comprehensive schooling, all-day schooling, education standards, standardised general certification for university attendance, school autonomy or language surveys go hand in hand with more equality of opportunity, justice and quality in education, but an analysis of the current state of research could
not confirm this. The analysis showed that, with regard to education policy demands, statements having empirically little or nothing to do with each other are often linked. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de778b2633d8447bbf7baeeef58cbb282025-08-20T03:09:51ZengUniversity of LjubljanaCenter for Educational Policy Studies Journal1855-97192232-26472012-06-0122Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link?Corinna GeppertSonja Bauer-HofmannStefan Thomas HopmannThe main focus of the present paper is to answer two different questions: From the perspective of Austrian education policy, which core areas of schooling are linked to the demand for equal opportunity? Can these reform efforts sustain the current state of research, and what are the consequences for schooling? The paper draws on an analysis by Hopmann, Geppert & Bauer (2010). Fifteen official self-presentations (political programmes) of Austrian political parties were analysed for statements concerning the improvement of the education system. This resulted in about seventy different statements, which were aggregated into eight core areas. We conducted a systematic analysis of four of these core areas, dealing with the topics of equal opportunity: comprehensive school, all-day schooling, school autonomy and standardisation of students’ achievements. The aim was not to judge the legitimacy or the political content of the claims made. In line with evaluative discourse, we asked whether the combination of political demands and their associated expectations met the current state of research. In many policy programmes, it is assumed that comprehensive schooling, all-day schooling, education standards, standardised general certification for university attendance, school autonomy or language surveys go hand in hand with more equality of opportunity, justice and quality in education, but an analysis of the current state of research could not confirm this. The analysis showed that, with regard to education policy demands, statements having empirically little or nothing to do with each other are often linked.https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/382Equal opportunityInner framework of schoolingPolicy impact assessmentReform effortsSchool structure |
| spellingShingle | Corinna Geppert Sonja Bauer-Hofmann Stefan Thomas Hopmann Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link? Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal Equal opportunity Inner framework of schooling Policy impact assessment Reform efforts School structure |
| title | Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link? |
| title_full | Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link? |
| title_fullStr | Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link? |
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| title_short | Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity – An Evidence-Based Link? |
| title_sort | policy reform efforts and equal opportunity an evidence based link |
| topic | Equal opportunity Inner framework of schooling Policy impact assessment Reform efforts School structure |
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