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This paper describes some indicators that can be used to compare educational systems, such as the general aims of education, factors influencing school systems, and different levels of educational decision-making. It also discusses the failure of centrally introduced changes and the success of changes introduced at the level of individual schools.
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Liket, T.M.E. (1993). Characteristics of Educational Systems and Their Development: A Contribution to Understanding Differences in Systems in Europe and the United States. In: Reigeluth, C.M., Banathy, B.H., Olson, J.R. (eds) Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 95. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58035-2_23
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