School-choice programs may increase schools' incentives for marketing rather than
improving their educational offering. This article systematically reviews the literature on the …

The visualization of ranking information in global public policy is moving away from
traditional “league table” formats and toward dashboards and interactive data displays. This …

Method: Three strategies were thus carried out: the use of a transparent performance
evaluation system based on benchmarking; the use of patient stories and benchmarking …

To improve organizational performance, the doctrine of performance management states
that managers need to be granted autonomy in exchange for accountability for results …

Prospect theory has been widely acknowledged in the social sciences as a frame for
understanding how people deal with uncertainty. Yet, little is known about whether key …

Online social shaming involves the intentional collection and dissemination of data that are
potentially stigmatizing in modes that are widely accessible and in which observers …

Targets have been used for more than a century by the UK government. Over the past four
decades they have been combined with other measures such as outsourcing, service user …

This study explores the concept of a network Performance Measurement System (PMS) and
how it helps in terms of what is being controlled in the network, which exerts control and how …

In England, teacher shortages have worsened in recent years and one contributor is the
declining rates of retention among newly qualified teachers (NQTs). We employ a method …

Approaches to performance assessment have been described as 'performance regimes', but
there has been little analysis of what is meant by this concept and whether it has any real …