Skolinspektion som styrning

In this article we argue that school inspection is an important and potentially influential way of governing education that deserves additional scholarly attention. This introductory article aims to situate and describe the origin, theoretical foundations and methods and materials gathered in the three research projects included in this special issue. We also briefly describe some important characteristics of the Swedish school inspection and finish off with short introductions to the six articles. 1) Den statliga skolinspektionen: En centraliserad resultatstyrning möter en decentraliserad skola2) Inspektion som styrning. Skolinspektion och utbildningsstyrning i Sverige, England och Skottland3) Inspecting the ‘Market’: Education at the intersection of marketisation and central state contro