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标题：The Introduction of Academy Schools to England's Education
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作者：Andrew Eyles ; Stephen Machin
期刊名称：CEP Discussion Paper
出版年度：2015
卷号：2015
语种：English
出版社：Centre for Economic Performance
摘要：We study the origins of what has become one of the most radical and encompassing programmes of school reform seen in the recent past amongst advanced countries - the introduction of academy schools to English secondary education. Academies are state schools that are allowed to run in an autonomous manner which is free from local authority control. Almost all academies are conversions from already existent state schools and so are school takeovers that enable more autonomy. Our analysis shows that this first round of academy conversions that took place in the 2000s generated significant improvements in the quality of pupil intake and in pupil performance. There is evidence of heterogeneity as improvements only occur for schools experiencing the largest increase in their school autonomy relative to their predecessor state. Analysis of mechanisms points to changes in head teachers and management structure as key factors underpinning these improvements in pupil outcomes.
关键词：Academies;pupil intake;pupil performance