{"product_id":"improvement-through-inspection","title":"Improvement Through Inspection?","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1996, the title of this book poses the question whether the motto of the Office for Standards in Education was an apt statement of its effects in practice. Beginning with the state of knowledge about OFSTED’s early impact, the Editors review the range of complementary approaches to school improvement – most of them driven by the schools themselves – that were in operation, alongside the OFSTED system of inspection at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe major part of the book is taken up with the main ‘quality initiatives’ that were at work in primary and secondary schools – including Investors in People, Deming, TQM, partnerships, professional competence, strategic planning and effective governorship. Each chapter examines critically – sometimes with the aid of case studies of good practice – the benefits such approaches might bring to schools in their attempts to raise standards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a companion to \u003ci\u003eOFSTED Inspections: The Early Experience\u003c\/i\u003e by the same Editors, published and reissued simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247396082008,"sku":"9781138504028","price":96.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138504028.jpg?v=1777797047","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/improvement-through-inspection","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}