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School admissions and accountability : planning, choice or chance? / Mike Feintuck and Roz Stevens.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Feintuck, Mike.
Contributor:
Stevens, Roz.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Schools--England--Admission.
Schools.
Educational accountability--England.
Educational accountability.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Policy Press, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Providing integrated coverage of the policy, practice and outcomes from 1944 to 2012, this book addresses the issues relevant to school admissions arising from three different approaches adopted in this period: planning via local authorities, quasi-market mechanisms, and random allocation.
Contents:
One.The admissions question
Two.The changing policy context
Three.The rise and fall of the planning model
Four.Admissions in a quasi-market system: policy developments 1988 to 2012
Five.The realities of choice and accountability in the quasi-market
Six.Admissions by lottery
Seven.Conclusions.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Sep 2022).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781447310815
1447310810
9781283975148
1283975149
9781447306245
1447306244
OCLC:
827208786

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