Global Education Policy, Impact Evaluations, and Alternatives

D. Brent Edwards Jr. is Assistant Professor of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, USA. His research focuses on the political economy of education reform and global education policies.  He was previously a Visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Central America, El Salvador, and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at The University of Tokyo, Japan.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Knowledge production, the World Bank, and Global Education Reform.- 3. Critically Reviewing Impact Evaluations within the Political Economy of Global Education Reform.- 4. Methods.- 5. The Reform Context of El Salvador: Structural Transformation During a Civil War.- 6. EDUCO’s Emergence.- 7. Impact Evaluations of EDUCO: A Critical Review.- 8. What Can We Say About EDUCO?.- 9. Implications: National and International.- 10. Conclusions: Persistent Limitations and Alternative Approaches.