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This chapter presents the topic addressed in Part I: Assessment Policy Enactment in Education Systems. It starts from the position that while there is a lot to be learned about policy enactment, there are several reasons to be optimistic. It ties together the common policy challenges and directions faced by different education systems around the world before introducing new perspectives on policy implementation. The concept of co-regulation is the explanatory framework used to describe possible variations in models of policy implementation and to account for the challenges met by both policy designers and enactors. Several recommendations resulting from the evidence presented in the chapters in Part I are submitted to move forward in policy implementation. Some of them are already showing promising results.
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Laveault, D. (2016). Assessment Policy Enactment in Education Systems: A Few Reasons to Be Optimistic. In: Laveault, D., Allal, L. (eds) Assessment for Learning: Meeting the Challenge of Implementation. The Enabling Power of Assessment, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39211-0_2
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