#Finland runs counter the global #education #policy trend of test-based #accountability and the use of #evaluation for control. Instead it favours a development perspective at national and local levels. Small signals of changes are present as well. Our new encyclopedia article.

With @JanneVarjo and Hannele Pitkänen we summarised our knowledge of politics, governance, and history of quality and evaluation in Finnish schools into this encyclopedia entry. Send me an email or DM if you don't have access to the full text. https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-1451

Interestingly, a draft government report indicates change ( #koulutusselonteko2020). For example, the draft mentions "clear and binding quality objectives" (p. 20). This would further strengthen @fineec1 and potentially bring Finland one step closer to the global mainstream