Education has become the focus of public discourse and policy, with its methods, resources and achievements widely debated. What are possible models of governance? How do we measure their effects in terms of efficiency and equity? What type of contribution can financial and information systems make? This work provides answers to such questions.
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Introduction: Governance and performance of education systems / Nils C. Soguel, Pierre Jaccard -- The new regulation forms of educational systems in Europe: towards a post-bureaucratic regime / Christian Maroy -- Comparing higher education governance systems in four European countries / Harry F. de Boer, Ju rgen Enders, Uwe Schimank -- Purpose and limits of a national monitoring of the education system through indicators / Stefan C. Wolter -- Measuring and comparing the equity of education systems in Europe / Marc Demeuse, Ariane Baye -- The economic benefits of improved teacher quality / Eric A. Hanushek -- Direct democracy and public education in Swiss cantons/ Justina A.V. Fischer -- School factors related to quality: multilevel analysis for three Swiss cantons / Ivar Trippolini -- Are Swiss secondary schools efficient? / Muriel Meunier -- Funding school by formula / Rosalind Levac ic -- A cost model of schools: school size, school structure and student composition / Torberg Falch, Marte Rوnning, Bjarne Strom -- The potential of school information systems for enhancing school improvement / Ian Selwood, Adrie J. Visscher -- School autonomy and financial manoevrability: French principles' strategies / Yves Dutercq -- Finish strategy for high-level education for all / Reijo Laukkanen.