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Given the internationally increasing trend to feed back information to schools and teachers on their performance to improve their quality, the characteristics of so-called school performance feedback systems (SPFS) will be analysed here along with the factors which have contributed to their international growth. A theoretical framework is presented which includes the factors assumed to influence the utilisation of SPFS-information. The findings of a longitudinal study into the use of a Dutch SPFS called ZEBO are summarized here, and finally, some reflections are presented on the complexity of SPFS use and on how SPFS utilization may be promoted further.
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Visscher, A.J. (2009). On the Utilization of a New Class of School Information Systems. In: Tatnall, A., Visscher, A., Finegan, A., O’Mahony, C. (eds) Evolution of Information Technology in Educational Management. ITEM 2008. IFIP – The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 292. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93847-9_6
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