Standards in Education (Hc)

Education institutions and organizations throughout the world are currently being held accountable forachieving and maintaining historically unmatched standards of academic quality and performance.Accreditation bodies; policy makers; boards of trustees; and teacher parent and student groups all place educational institutions andorganizations under unprecedented accountability pressures. The aim of this volume is to explore and better understand how these pressuresare impacting a broad range of social and cultural issues and subsequently how these issues impact student motivation and learning.