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As in many countries, the Danish public school system has in recent years been involved in a variety of assessments and international comparisons. Organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have conducted a number of PISA investigations and reviews of specific subjects either comparing national school systems or explaining factors in single countries. In a political context as well as in a broader public sense these assessments have resulted in a great deal of attention with their findings of how Danish public schools lack a culture of evaluation. In fact the final conclusion of an OECD review from 2004 stated that a culture of evaluation ‘is the one single factor that it is most important to achieve if standards are to be raised’ (OECD 2004: 129).
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Pors, J.G. (2012). Avoiding Unambiguity: Tensions in School Governing. In: Andersen, N.Å., Sand, IJ. (eds) Hybrid Forms of Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230363007_3
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