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Analysis of the Conceptualization of Quality in Spanish Educational Legislation

Laura Cabrera-Montalbán , Eva María González-Barea , María Jesús Rodríguez-Entrena

Since the 1990s, there has been a global trend in the search for quality in school systems that have materialized in the educational policies of the m.


  • Pub. date: November 15, 2024
  • Online Pub. date: September 09, 2024
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Since the 1990s, there has been a global trend in the search for quality in school systems that have materialized in the educational policies of the most developed countries. This article analyzes the treatment given to the concept of quality in the educational reforms approved in the last fifty years in Spain. The objectives of this study were: (a) to analyze the presence and recurrence of the term ‘quality’ in each of the laws and (b) to identify the factors associated with quality in these laws. To respond to these objectives, a bibliographic study was carried out using a content analysis approach to the texts of the different laws, as well as a review of the existing literature on the subject in question. It was, therefore, an eminently qualitative research approach. Among the findings found, it is worth highlighting the high presence of the term ‘quality’ in the legislative texts analyzed since the beginning of the new millennium, as well as a continuity in the educational reforms of evaluation policies of the educational system in coherence with the demands produced by supranational organizations at a global level.

Keywords: Accountability, educational laws, educational reforms, educational system, quality.

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