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Fifteen political party programmes were analyzed and condensed into eight core areas; four areas linked to equal opportunity were then examined: comprehensive schooling, all-day schooling, school autonomy, and standardisation of students’ achievements. 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 \nAn Analysis of Current Sector Reforms in the Austrian School System  \nCorinna Geppert*1, Sonja Bauer-Hofmann2 and Stefan Thomas Hopmann3  \n• The main focus of the present paper is to answer two different questions: From the perspective of Austrian education policy, which core areas of schooling are linked to the demand for equal opportunity? Can these reform efforts sustain the current state of research, and what are the consequences for schooling? The paper draws on an analysis by Hopmann, Geppert & Bauer (2010). Fifteen official self-presentations (political programmes) of Austrian political parties were analysed for statements concerning the improvement of the education system. This resulted in about seventy different statements, which were aggregated into eight core areas. We conducted a systematic analysis of four of these core areas, dealing with the topics of equal opportunity: comprehensive school, all-day schooling, school autonomy and standardisation of students’ achievements. The aim was not to judge the legitimacy or the political content of the claims made. In line with evaluative discourse, we asked whether the combination of political demands and their associated expectations met the current state of research. In many policy programmes, it is assumed that comprehensive schooling, all-day schooling, education standards, standardised general certification for university attendance, school autonomy or language surveys go hand in hand with more equality of opportunity, justice and quality in education, but an analysis of the current state of research could not confirm this. The analysis showed that, with regard to education policy demands, statements having empirically little or nothing to do with each other are often linked.  \nKeywords: Equal opportunity, Inner framework of schooling, Policy impact assessment, Reform efforts, School structure  \n1 *Corresponding author. Department of Education, University of Vienna [corinna.geppert@univie.ac.at](corinna.geppert@univie.ac.at)  \n2 Department of Education, University of Vienna  \n3 Department of Education, University of Vienna  \n10 policy reform efforts and equal opportunity – an evidence-based link?  \nPrizadevanja na področju zakonodajnih reform inenake možnosti – povezava, ki je dokazljiva?  \nAnaliza trenutnih področnih reform v avstrijskem šolskem sistemu  \nCorinna Geppert*, Sonja Bauer-Hofmann in Stefan Thomas Hopmann  \n• Osrednji namen prispevka je odgovoriti na dve različni vprašanji: Katera temeljna področja avstrijskih edukacijskih politik so povezana z zahtevo po enakih možnostih? Ali lahko prizadevanja za reforme vzdržijo trenutne ugotovitve raziskav in kakšne so posledice zaizobraževanje? Prispevek temelji na analizi, ki so jo opravili Hopmann, Geppert in Bauer (2010). V uradnih samopredstavitvah (političnih programih) 15 avstrijskih političnih strank so analizirali trditve, povezanez izboljševanjem izobraževalnega sistema. Rezultat je okoli sedemdeset različnih trditev, ki so bile uvrščene v osem osnovnih področij. Opravljena je bila sistematična analiza štirih izmed teh področij, ki sopovezana s temami enakih možnosti: skupna srednja šola, celodnevna šola, šolska avtonomija in standardizacija dosežkov učencev. Namen ni bil presojati o legitimnosti ali političnem konceptu postavljenih trditev. V luči evolucijskega diskurza je bil narejen pregled, ali so političnezahteve in s tem povezana pričakovanja skladna s trenutnimi ugotovitvami raziskav. V veliko političnih programih predvidevajo, da so skupnasrednja šola, celodnevno šolanje, izobrazbeni standardi, standardiziranaenotna potrdila za vpis na univerzo, šolska avtonomija ali jezikovneraziskave povezani z višjo stopnjo enakosti možnosti, večjo pravičnostjoin s kakovostjo v izobraževanju, a analiza trenutnih ugotovitev raziskav tega ni mogla potrditi. Analiza, opravljena glede na zahteve edukacijskih politik, je pokazala, da trditve, ki ","cbCaijIq2dlC6CwY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijIq2dlC6CwY","pdf",139831,21,"English","# Introduction and research questions\n# Policy reform efforts and the evidence-based link\n# Evidence-based analysis of core schooling areas\n## Comprehensive school\n## All-day schooling\n## School autonomy and standardisation of students’ achievements","[{\"question\":\"What two main questions does the paper address?\",\"answer\":\"It asks which core schooling areas are linked to the demand for equal opportunity in Austrian education policy, and whether the reform efforts sustain the current state of research and their consequences for schooling.\"},{\"question\":\"How were Austrian political parties’ proposals analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"The study analyzed 15 official self-presentations (political programmes) of Austrian parties, extracted about seventy statements, and aggregated them into eight core areas.\"},{\"question\":\"Which four schooling areas were systematically analyzed in relation to equal opportunity?\",\"answer\":\"The paper focuses on comprehensive school, all-day schooling, school autonomy, and standardisation of students’ achievements.\"}]","Policy Reform Efforts and Equal Opportunity - An Evidence-Based Link - An Analysis of Current Sector Reforms in the Austrian School System | PDF",1792087819,53]