The disenchanted fairy godmother: comparing how and why evidence-based management and public service professionals influenced policy performance in public school and active labour market policy in Denmark

Evidence & Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 20

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

Background: The aspiration to use evidence enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness of policies is widely shared but often falls short. A common explanation for failure presence barriers utilising or inadequacies available policy makers. Aims objectives: article examines how why evidence-based sometimes fail performance, through a comparative analysis management in Danish public school active labour market after 2000. two cases are characterised by similar performance problems vary terms styles responses from service professionals. Methods: relies on document expert interviews with civil servants key stakeholders explain improve cases. Findings: We find that making did not resolve either case, though different reasons. In policy, conflict over 2014 Public School Reform impacted negatively its implementation despite efforts incorporate design. were imposed job centres institutionalised indicators, time critique processual requirements indignified casework accumulated contributed towards political decision reform centres. Discussion conclusion: advocate setting realistic expectations about potential resolving caution against overstating ‘dream’ making.

Language: Английский

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Traveling Reforms from a Comparative, Transnational, and Global Perspective

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract This chapter traces school reform trends over the period 1960–2025. It illustrates how current began to take shape in 1990s. first with a bundle of policies related school-based management, choice, and privatization (summarized as autonomy). A decade later, due detrimental effects neoliberal on equity quality, second was added that introduced standardized curricula, tests, other performance evaluations accountability). In final stage, full-fledged package circulated worldwide global script, featuring particular theory change, preferred policy instruments induce sustain specific mix policies. Verger his associates (Autonomous University Barcelona) labeled script School-Autonomy-with-Accountability (SAWA). The macroscopic preoccupation international trends, presented this chapter, has greatly benefited from research conducted by Patricia Bromley (Stanford University), Rie Kijima (University Toronto), their associates. They categorized summarized 10,000 documents organizations collected almost every country made publicly available World Education Reform Database. convincingly show peak era 1992–2008.

Language: Английский

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Encounters with the Global Reform

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract This chapter deals with the global drivers and national adopters of reform. It examines first two movers—the OECD World Bank—that promoted funded dissemination SAWA. The Ministries Finance were their primary counterparts at level. reform was subsequently transferred “translated” into line ministries, including Education. In countries, New Public Management (NPM) included introduction new procurement laws. Governments henceforth obligated to invite businesses other private providers bid for public goods services. Contracting became preferred policy instrument that relied on numerical measures “pedagogical services” expected outputs, which would then be costed outsourced. marked inception datafication in education sector. Bank, turn, rigorously decentralization policies aid-recipient countries both ideological managerial reasons. structural adjustment Bank Group pursued same goal as NPM: reduction expenditures, increase revenues, outsourcing also provides a glimpse meso-level investigations how institutions selectively adopted translated school fit local contexts.

Language: Английский

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Discussion: the OECD as a policy actor and as a point of reference

Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 4

Published: March 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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The influence of expert groups: a citation analysis

Journal of European Public Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(5), P. 1259 - 1294

Published: Feb. 13, 2023

Decision-makers rely extensively on expert groups and commissions for policy advice. Many see in this a growing technocracy or expertization of decision-making. Yet, we know little about the actual influence these bodies policy-making. When does group advice shape policy-making rather than being brushed aside? The article goes beyond existing research by measuring explaining variation influence. Using number citations to reports government white papers later as measures influence, analyzes 1545 Norwegian advisory commission published 1972–2017. It concentrates three dimensions organization potential determinants influence: member composition, appointing ministry resources. results suggest that have greater when they include more politicians bigger secretariat. contributes empirically methodologically expertise

Language: Английский

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Sitting on all sides of the table? OECD’s role in Icelandic Education Policy 2030

Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 140 - 154

Published: May 3, 2024

The OECD is an inevitable force in contemporary education. This paper illustrates how the affects recent education policy-making Iceland with a particular focus on documents establishing new Education Policy 2030 and reports that directly relate to this policy. We illustrate relationship between these both topically chronologically use Marilyn Strathern's (2006) reasoning about policy making by bullet-points understand products. Our conclusions are clear step into more Nordic tradition of policymaking, terms basing previous works official as well increasing involvement stakeholders. However, they characterized politically admirable, albeit lofty, formulations ambitions areas, rather than measurable, actionable implementable policies. given great influence not only referential point tool legitimate policies, but also post-hoc policy-implementation adviser auditor Even though asked for evaluation visionary seems be solution perceived lack professional procedure Icelandic governance, time-frame have allowed thorough their advice.

Language: Английский

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Understanding the role of practical knowledge in evidence-based welfare reform—a three-stage model

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Oct. 28, 2024

Language: Английский

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The “boy problem” in public policy

Politics &amp Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 52(1), P. 70 - 88

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Abstract The article investigates how gender differences in school performance are conceptualized recent Swedish and Norwegian public commission reports against the backdrop of an increasing focus on “problem boys” boys' underachievement as a policy challenge. We found substantive country differences, despite regime similarities considerable level equality norms diffusion within Nordic region. Whereas address behavior equipped with radical feminist perspectives theories patriarchal oppression, largely avoid explicit references to theory include analyses unfair burdens boys society. It is argued that diverging approaches connected features commissions wider knowledge regimes two forerunners, but also historical ideological underpinnings making. Related Articles Ireni‐Saban, Liza. 2013. “Give Me Children or Else I Die: Politics Policy Cross‐Border Reproductive Care.” & 41(1): 5–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12004 . Svallfors, Stefan, Erica Falkenström, Corrie Hammar, Anna T. Höglund. 2022. “Networked Reports: Commissioning Production Expert Reports Health Care Governance.” 50(3): 580–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12462 Tusalem, Rollin F. “Does Gendered Representation National Legislatures Promote Substantive Human Development? Evidence from Developing World.” 50(6): 1096–137. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12503

Language: Английский

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Recruit, integrate, and retain: Internationally educated nurses mobility to the Nordic region: A two-round policy Delphi study

Nursing Outlook, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 72(6), P. 102299 - 102299

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Hvordan vurdere elevers kritiske lesing? Forslag til et praktisk-didaktisk rammeverk

Nordic Journal of Literacy Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: June 29, 2023

Denne studiens mål er å utvikle et praktisk-didaktisk rammeverk for operasjonalisere og vurdere elevers kompetanse i kritisk lesing. I læreplanen Kunnskapsløftet 2020 framheves det at elever skal kunne stille seg kritiske til informasjonen de leser. Selv om bred enighet refleksjon over tekster viktig, krevende konkretisere hva kan bety. En del av arbeidet med sikre utvikler nødvendig lesekompetanse innebærer vurderingsverktøy. Vurdering gir ikke bare informasjon mestrer mestrer, men også modellere ulike tilnærminger tekster. Det har riktignok vist være utfordrende lesing, blant annet fordi begrepet vagt definere. denne studien utfører vi en litteraturgjennomgang skandinaviske studier som berører lesing utdanningskontekst, fokuserer på sakprosatekster innenfor norsk samfunnsfag. Gjennomgangen genererer modell mulige dimensjoner diskusjonen eksemplifiserer hvordan dimensjonene bli observerbare vurderingssituasjoner skolen drøfter modellens begrensninger praktiske nytteverdi. English abstract How to assess students’ critical reading? Proposal a practice-oriented framework The aim of this study is develop operationalizing and assessing reading. Norwegian curricula, 2020, emphasize the importance adopting perspective when Although there broad agreement about reflection in reading, it difficult specify what means. To ensure that students necessary reading skills, we need assessment tools. Assessment gain information competence, addition, may have modeling function by concretizing textual approaches. However, has proven be challenging partly because term vague define. We conduct literature review field education, based on Scandinavian studies. focus non-fiction texts Language Arts Social Science. generates model with dimensions can entail. In discussion, exemplify how become observable an situation. Furthermore, discuss model’s limitations practical use.

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