Governing education through data in England: from regulation to self‐evaluation

Ressursorientert tilnærming til språklig og kulturelt mangfold

“…Vi er inspirert av Opdal (2008), Ozga (2000Ozga ( , 2009) og Vike (2006) i våre lesninger av politiske styringsdokumenter. Disse forfatterne skriver ut fra en forståelse av at tekster og teksters posisjoner maktmessig har innflytelse på praksisfeltet.…”

“…Vike (2006), Opdal (2008) og Ozga (2000Ozga ( , 2009 oppfordrer profesjonsutøvere til å vaere kritiske til offentlighetens politiske mandater og initiativ. De utfordrer aktørene til å vaere oppmerksomme på diskurser som påvirker og som kan ta over profesjonsfeltets kunnskapsinnhold.…”

Data use in education: alluring attributes and productive processes

“…Data use has often been referred to as the centrepiece of so-called evidencebased governing regimes, where student performance data are considered to form an ideal basis for coordinating decisions and activities on different levels in the school system (Ozga, 2009). Various types of assessment tools that produce data on student performance provide a basis for generating the information used for policy making and initiating and legitimating change in education.…”

Managing learning trajectories: the case of 14–19 mathematics

“…However there are small but significant differences in the organisation of curriculum and recruitment to advanced level mathematics. The place and power of the so called 'league table' in this performative work is now well documented (Brown, 1998;Goldstein & Woodhouse, 2000;Leckie & Goldstein, 2009) and the culture of management by numbers (Ozga, 2009) is deeply embedded in school culture and teacher identity. Ball's (2001Ball's ( , 2003 analysis of how the neoliberal technologies of markets, managerialism and performativity frame current educational practice is particularly pertinent as we shall show in our analysis.…”