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From role models to nations in need of advice: Norway and Sweden under the OECDs magnifying glass
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Educational sciences, Educational science. (SEEDS)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6594-6145
Department of Educational Sciences, University of Southeast norway, Vestfold, Norway.
Department of Pedagogy, didactics and Educational Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2017 (English)In: Journal of education policy, ISSN 0268-0939, E-ISSN 1464-5106, Vol. 32, no 6, p. 721-744Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

By analysing five separate OECD reviews of evaluation and assessment practices with Norway and Sweden as cases, our study illustrates different ways in which a specific international educational reasoning is blended into more context-based national education policies and, as such, works in parallel with internal reforms and agendas. It is evident that an overarching narrative promotes the importance of coherent and integrated systems of evaluation and assessment in order to strengthen social and political endeavours for equity, quality and achievements. The parallel mix of OECD discourses and national discourses creates a combined narrative in which evaluations and assessments appear natural, self-evident and rational as well as highly adaptable to national settings. The study shows that national vertical and/or horizontal developments are intertwined with the OECD policy recommendations, which are quite general in character. In a continuing process of uploading and downloading, within different contexts, policies are elaborated and recontextualised. Evaluations and assessments are part of a contemporary rational paradigm for mapping and promoting performance in national educational systems – what we identify as a comparative curriculum code.

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2017. Vol. 32, no 6, p. 721-744
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Comparative, history
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Educational Sciences
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Innovative Learning
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23797DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2017.1301557ISI: 000407642500002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85015152432OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-23797DiVA, id: diva2:1083843
Available from: 2017-03-22 Created: 2017-03-22 Last updated: 2023-01-25Bibliographically approved

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