Governance and Performance of Education Systems

Introduction: Governance and Performance of Education Systems.- Introduction: Governance and Performance of Education Systems.- The Changing Governance of Educational Systems.- The New Regulation Forms of Educational Systems in Europe: Towards a Post-bureaucratic Regime.- Comparing Higher Education Governance Systems in Four European Countries.- Performance Monitoring and Evaluation.- Purpose and Limits of a National Monitoring of the Education System Through Indicators.- Measuring and Comparing the Equity of Education Systems in Europe.- The Economic Benefits of Improved Teacher Quality.- Direct Democracy and Public Education in Swiss Cantons.- School Factors Related to Quality: Multilevel Analysis for Three Swiss Cantons.- Are Swiss Secondary Schools Efficient?.- Explaining and Controlling the Costs of Education Systems.- Funding Schools by Formula.- A Cost Model of Schools: School Size, School Structure and Student Composition.- Strategies to Encourage Performance and Equity.- The Potential of School Information Systems for Enhancing School Improvement.- School Autonomy and Financial Manoeuvrability: French Principals’ Strategies.- Finnish Strategy for High-Level Education for All.