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Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education: Lessons from Sweden

Trust–Based Evaluation in a Market–Oriented School System

Book Chapter
Reference
Vlachos, Jonas (2019). “Trust–Based Evaluation in a Market–Oriented School System”. In Magnus Dahlstedt and Andreas Fejes (Eds.), Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education: Lessons from Sweden (212–230). London and New York: Routledge.

Author
Jonas Vlachos

Editors
Magnus Dahlstedt, Andreas Fejes

In Sweden, a trust-based evaluation system meets a market-oriented school system which allows liberal entry conditions to voucher-funded private providers, several of which are for-profit corporations. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze how different providers respond to a system where teachers and schools are given a high degree of discretion with respect to school performance evaluation.