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ERIC ED375472: Equity and Efficiency: Tensions in School-Based Scho...
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The Conservative Government's education reforms of the
past 6 years in England and Wales, beginning with the
Education Reform Act of 1988, embody a strategy designed
to pursue the following 5 themes: quality, diversity,
increased parental choice, and greater school autonomy
and accountability. The government's rationale for reform
makes no explicit reference to equity; rather, the issues
of quality and choice are cited as the forces for change.
The reforms have introduced approaches to school-based
management within a tightly regulated framework. This
paper examines three dimensions of the reforms that
impinge on equity conceived in terms of resource
allocation: formula funding, increased marketization of
the schools sector, and school-based budgeting. A
conclusion is that each of these reforms poses
considerable consequences for equity. It seems plausible
to suggest that a major question for the future will be
how schools in different circumstances achieve a balance
between concerns for efficiency in terms of aggregate
educational achievement and concerns for equity embodied
in a more "leveling" approach to resource allocation. The
equity consequences of the reforms depend on the
interactions of parents, students, school managers, and
teachers in a wide variety of situations across the
country. Contains 41 references. (LMI)
Date Published: 2014-10-19 22:36:45
Identifier: ERIC_ED375472
Item Size: 28756074
Language: english
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