Extreme country cases: Spain reports universal external control of hiring while the Netherlands reports universal internal control of HR, curriculum, and budget¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? In Spain, 100% of public schools reported external controls in hiring or appointing teachers. → Kim 2019 q2 i? The Netherlands scored 0 for HR, curriculum, and budget, meaning 100% of its schools reported internal controls in those three functions. → Kim 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Kim 2019¶

Kim, T. & Yun, J. T. (2019). Logics of accountability: Cross-national patterns in school-level controls. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27(119). https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.27.4597

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive finding from the country-average external control scores in Table 2 of the TALIS 2013 analysis: "in Spain (ESP) 100% of public schools reported external controls in hiring or appointing teachers."

"Interestingly, in Spain (ESP) 100% of public schools reported external controls in hiring or appointing teachers."

Kim 2019 (2)¶

Kim, T. & Yun, J. T. (2019). Logics of accountability: Cross-national patterns in school-level controls. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27(119). https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.27.4597

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive finding from Table 2 of the TALIS 2013 analysis: the Netherlands scored 0 on HR, curriculum, and budget, indicating universal school-level internal control in those three functions.

"Notably, Netherland (NLD) has a score of “0” for HR, curriculum, and budget showing that 100% of the schools within the country reported internal controls in these three school functions."

Discussion¶

Across 38 countries, external control is highest in assessment and lowest in curriculum and budget — a broader claim this one bears on
Country classifications of control type differ sharply by domain: mixed control dominates assessment, internal control dominates curriculum — related
Distributions of external control scores differ across school-function domains, with curriculum skewing toward internal control — related
A few countries follow relatively pure accountability logics, but most countries follow mixed forms — a broader claim this one bears on
Accountability strengths lie in school climate and communication while stakeholder-involved vision evaluation scores lowest — related

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`id`	`extreme-country-control-cases-spain-netherlands`
`title`	`Extreme country cases: Spain reports universal external control of hiring while the Netherlands reports universal internal control of HR, curriculum, and budget`
`description`	`Extreme country cases: Spain reports universal external control of hiring while the Netherlands reports universal internal control of HR, curriculum, and budget`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2019`
`recheck_by`	`2024`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-09-27`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `kim-2019`, `kim-2019-2`

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