Cross-national studies of the quality of education : planning their design and managing their impact / edited by Kenneth N. Ross and Ilona Jurgens Genevois

Contents

1 introduction: the origins and content of the policy forum
2 what is the quality of education
3 what monitoring mechanisms can be used for cross national studies
4 what are the main cross-national studies
5 what is a good cross national study
6 what do ministers of education really think about cross national studies
7 what should be measured in a cross national study
8 whom should be measured in a cross national library
9 what are the national costs for cross national studies
10 how can countries move from cross national research results to dissemination, and then to policy reform
11 how can countries use cross-national research results to address the big policy issues
12 how can a country manage the impact of excellent cross-national research
13 how can a country manage the impact of poor cross-national research
14 how can international organizations work with the media to manage the results of cross-national studies
15 the main massages arising from the policy forum

appendix: list of participants