Course Materials

Select the required readings among the following:

Books

Carnoy, M., Elmore, R. & Siskin L.S. (2003). The new accountability. High schools and high-stake testing. RouledgeFarmer.

Darling-Hammond, L. (2009). The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future. Teachers College Press.

Fullan, M. (Ed.). (2005). Fundamental Change: International Handbook of Educational Change. Dordrecht: Springer.

Hargreaves, A. (Ed.). (2005). Extending Educational Change: International Handbook of Educational Change. Dordrecht: Springer.

Harvey, D. (2005). A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kirjavainen T. (Ed.) 2009. Essays on the efficiency of schools and student achievement. The book can be found in the cite http://www.vatt.fi/file/vatt_publication_pdf/j53.pdf

Ravitch, D. (2010).The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Basic Books.

Scheerens J. 2000. Improving school effectiveness. The book can be found in the cite http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001224/122424e.pdf

UNESCO (2005). EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 Education for All - The Quality Imperative. The article can be found in the cite http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001373/137333e.pdf

UNESCO (2008). EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008 Summary. Education for all by 2015. Will we make it? The article can be found in the cite http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001548/154820e.pdf

Creemers B & Reezigt G (1997) 'School effectiveness and school improvement: sustaining links', in School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 396-429 The article can be found in the cite http://www.highreliability.co.uk/Files/Downloads/School_improvement/BCGR1997.pdf

Creemers B & Reezigt G (2008) School factors explaining student achievement: testing the dynamic model of educational effectiveness. A manuscript for a article published in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 2010. The manuscript can be found in the cite
http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.p.m.creemers/school_factors_explaining_student_achievement.pdf

McCartney, R. (2012). D.C. test erasures scandal needs full probe. The Washington Post February 08, 2012. The article can be found in the cite http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-02-08/local/35444691_1_erasures-caveon-test-scores

Phillips, A. (2012). Amid Protesters’ Disruptions, City Board Votes to Close 18 Schools and Truncate 5 by Anna M. Phillips. New York Times, February 10, 2012. The article can be found in the cite http://www.schoolbook.org/2012/02/10/amid-protesters-disruptions-city-board-votes-to-close-18-schools-and-truncate-5/

Dan Rather interviewing Linda Darling-Hammond in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtYszdSU1Yg
Linda Darling-Hammond on Becoming Internationally Competitive in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQNUqVYJofE
Diane Ravitch´s book and herself in You Tube: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-3-2011/diane-ravitch