抄録
Now in England, The White Paper "The Importance of Teaching" sets out a radical reform programme for the schools system (2010.11.24). On the basis of this movement, the purpose of this paper is to examine that how the policies which intended to aspire to raise standards of children have affected educational administration in England. Above all, this paper focuses on some recent actions taken by Coventry LA and some schools after the introduction of National Curriculum (NC) and Standard Achievement Tests (SATs). This paper shows that how LA has supported schools in order to raise standards, and how schools have struggled for raising academic achievement of children. Generally speaking, the introduction of NC and SATs had much impact on school education because standards of academic achievements are the most important criteria in Ofsted inspection. In addition, according to the results of SATs, league tables are made and open to the public. Therefore most teachers came to be nervous of doing arrangements for SATs and Ofsted inspection. The contents of this paper are as follows: 1. The Impact of policies aspiring to raise academic achievements of children by Education Reform Act of 1988. 2. Some commitments to raise academic achievements of children by Coventry LA and some schools. According to these heads, this paper shows some findings. In line with the principle of competition, schools have made various efforts for moving up their rankings. At the same time, some schools have set out the improvement of instruction abilities of teachers through Learning Walks, namely classroom observation by school leadership team. LA also supports these efforts through the guidance of School Improvement Partners (SIPs) and so on. But long-term prospect is unclear at the minute, since The White Paper noted above has massive implications.
