ALIS through the Looking Glass: Changing Perceptions of Performance Indicators

Abstract

In this article, John Williamson . and his colleagues from the School Education of the University of N ewcastle follow up on their work reported in this journal in Williamson and Fitz-Gibbon (1990). This focused in the impact on secondary school nglish departments of a performance in dicator project known as COMBSE. s ince then COMBSE has grown into another, ALIS (A Level Information s ystem), and this article explores be extent to which the limitations COMBSE have been overcome ? ALIS.