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Legislation

69. ITALY. STATUTES (2003). Law No. 186, 18 July (Legge n.186, 18 luglio). Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [Provisions on the legal status of teachers of the Catholic religion in institutions and schools at all levels of education].

70. ITALY. STATUTES (2003a). Law No. 53, 28 March (Legge n.53, 28 marzo). Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [Delegation to the Government for the definition of general provisions on education and for the definition of expected minimum levels of performances in education and in vocational training].

71. ITALY. STATUTES (2003b). Ministerial Decree, 24 March 2003 (Decreto Ministeriale, 24 marzo). Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [Procedures and contents of exams for the admission to scuole di specializzazione for teaching at secondary school level].

74. ITALY. STATUTES (2003c). Ministerial Decree No. 61, 22 July (Decreto Ministeriale, n. 61, 22 luglio). National Labour Contract. Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [Initiatives related to computer and English language literacy and initiatives for in-service training].

72. ITALY. STATUTES (1998). Ministerial Decree No. 153, 26 May (Decreto Ministeriale, 26 maggio). Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [General criteria for universities for the issuing of regulations for the organisation of degree courses in primary teaching, and of specialist schools for secondary school teaching].

1. ITALY. STATUTES (1998a). Legislative Act No.59, 6 March (Decreto Legislativo n.59, 6 marzo). Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [Regulation of the executive role of school heads in autonomous schools.]

2. ITALY. STATUTES (1997). Law No.517, 4 August (Legge n.517, 4 agosto). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Introduced a new system of grading/marking for students in compulsory education.]

3. ITALY. STATUTES (1997a). Law No.59, 15 March (Legge n.59, 15 marzo). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Law further decentralising responsibilities for education to the regions and local authorities.]

4. ITALY. STATUTES (1997b). Law No.440, 18 December (Legge n.440, 18 dicembre). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale.

5. ITALY. STATUTES (1997c). Law No.425, 10 December (Legge n.425, 10 dicembre). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Regulations for the esame di Stato, which is now taken on completion of many upper secondary courses.]

6. ITALY. STATUTES (1994). Interdepartmental Decree No.130, 15 April (Decreto Interministeriale, n.130, 15 aprile). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale.

7. ITALY. STATUTES (1992). Ministerial Order No.77, 24 April (Decreto Ministeriale n.77, 24 aprile). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [New educational provisions on vocational education.]

8. ITALY. STATUTES (1991). Ministerial Order, 3 June, Orientamenti per la Scuola Materna. Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale.

9. ITALY. STATUTES (1991a). Ministerial Order, 28 June (Decreto Ministeriale, 28 giugno). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Regarding the introduction of the teaching of a foreign language from year three of compulsory education.]

10. ITALY. STATUTES (1990). Law No.341, 19 November (Legge n.341, 19 novembre). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Law reforming university arrangements, as a result of which, since the start of the 1998/99 academic year, nursery and primary teacher training courses have taken place in universities.]

73. ITALY. STATUTES (1985). Presidential Decree No. 751, 16 December (Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica, n.751, 16 dicembre). Rome: Gazzette Ufficiale. [Enforcement of the agreement between the Italian Education Ministry and the Italian Episcopal Conference on the teaching of Catholic religion in public schools].

11. ITALY. STATUTES (1985a). Presidential Decree on the Approval of the New Primary School Curriculum, no 104, 12 February (Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica, n.104, 12 febbraio). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale.

12. ITALY. STATUTES (1979). Ministerial Order No.50, 9 February (Decreto Ministeriale, n.50, 9 febbraio). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Outlined new teaching programmes - curricula, number of hours of teaching and examination programmes for the scuola media.]

13. ITALY. STATUTES (1972). Presidential Decree No. 10, 15 January (Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica, n.10, 15 gennaio). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale.

14. ITALY. STATUTES (1968). Law No.444, 18 February (Legge n.444, 18 Febbraio). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Law on the organisation of state nursery schools.]

15. ITALY. STATUTES (1947). The Constitution of the Republic of Italy (Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana). Rome: Gazzetta Ufficiale. [Established, among others, the State's duty to provide a network of education establishments of every type and level, for everyone, without distinction, and parent's duty to ensure that their children attend compulsory education.]

Bibliography

16. ALOISE, S. (1998). 'Italie: L'école en plein chambardement', Le Monde de l'Education, Novembre, 92-3.

67. CEDEFOP (2003). 'Italy. The educational reform bill: the new vocational training route', Cedefop INFO, 2/2003.

17. CEDEFOP (1999). 'Plans for longer compulsory schooling and an integrated education and training system', CEDEFOP INFO, 1, 9.

77. DRAGO, R. (2003). Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers: OECD Activity - Country Background Report for Italy. Available online at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/7/17997702.pdf  [21 October, 2004].

18. EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION (1998). National Overview: Italy. Available [online] at http://www.european-agency.org/

19. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DGXXII (1997). 'Reforms in education continue to progress', Le Magazine, 8, 8.

61. EUROSTAT (2001). Education Levels in the EU Constantly Rising...but one Young European in Five Drops out after Completing Lower Secondary Education (News Release 57/2001, 28 May).

20. EURYDICE and CEDEFOP (1995). Structures of the Education and Initial Training Systems in the European Union. Second edn. (Prepared for the European Commission, DG XXII, Education, Training and Youth.) Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

78. EURYDICE EUROPEAN UNIT (2002). The Teaching Profession in Europe: Profile, Trends and Concerns. Report 2: Supply and Demand - General Lower Secondary Education. Brussels: Eurydice European Unit.

68. EURYDICE UNIT FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND (2003). Transition from primary to secondary education. Unpublished report.

82. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2007a). National summary sheets on education systems in Europe and ongoing reforms. Available Online. (23/06/08)

80. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2007b). Summary of the situation regarding the raising of the school leaving age. (Unpublished document.)  

76. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2007c). The Education System in Italy (2005/06) [online]. Available: via the EURYDICE Network's EURYBASE database - http://www.eurydice.org (The EURYDICE Network is the European education information network) [14 April 2008].

79. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2004). Comments on the initial draft of the INCA description of initial teacher training in Italy. (Unpublished report).

60. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2002). The Education System in Italy (2000/2001). [Online] at http://www.eurydice.org/

21. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1999). The Education System in Italy (1998). Available [online] via the EURYBASE database at http://www.eurydice.org/ (now superseded by EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2002).  The Education System in Italy (2000/2001), on the same website).

22. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1999a). Response to EURYDICE Network enquiry on arrangements for the assessment of academically gifted upper secondary students. Unpublished document.

23. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1998). The Education System in Italy 1997. (Now superseded by EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2002).  The Education System in Italy (2000/2001) [online] at http:///).

24. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1997). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry GB(L) 97 004 00 on the definition of key skills. Unpublished document.

25. (EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1997a). The Education System in Italy 1996. (Now superseded by EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2002).  The Education System in Italy (2000/2001) [online] at http:///).

26. (EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1996). The Education System in Italy 1995. (Now superseded by EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (2002).  The Education System in Italy (2000/2001) [online] at http:///).

27. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1996a). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry - GB(L) 96 002 10 - regarding curriculum and assessment frameworks. Unpublished document.

28. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1996b). Education in Italy. Italy: MPI.

29. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1995). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry GB(L) 95 005 00 on class size. Unpublished document.

30. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1994). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry on the pre-school curriculum, PT 94 001 10. Unpublished document.

31. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1994a). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry, LU 94 002 00, on the assessment of pre-school and primary children. Unpublished document.

32. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1994b). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry on assessment in science, IE 94 001 00. Unpublished document.

33. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1994c). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry, DE(L) 94 002 00, on assessment of school achievement in primary and secondary school. Unpublished document.

34. EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1993). Response to official EURYDICE Network enquiry on textbooks, IE 93 004 00. Unpublished document.

35. ISTAT (1998). Annuario statistico italiano 1998. La scuola statale: sintesi dei dati - Anno scolastico 1997/98.) [In EURYDICE UNIT, ITALY (1999).]

36. ISTAT (1995). Compendio Statistico Italiano 1994. [Compendium of Italian Statistics]. Rome: ISTAT.

81. ITALY. MINISTERO DELLA PUBBLICA ISTRUZIONE (2007). Droga, Fiorini: La Campagna del Ministero va avanti già da un anno. Press release, 28 May [online]. Available online:

37. ITALY. MINISTERO DELLA PUBBLICA ISTRUZIONE (1993). Annuario ISTAT 1993: Istruzione e Cultura. [ISTAT Statistics on Education and Culture]. Rome: Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione. Servizio Statistico.

62. LE METAIS, J. (2003). International Trends in Primary Education (INCA Thematic Study No. 9). [Online] at http://www.inca.org.uk/thematic.asp.

38. MOSS, P. (1994). 'Statistics on early childhood services: placing Britain in an international context.' In: BALL, C. Start Right: the Importance of Early Learning. London: RSA.

64. NARDI, E. (2001). 'The transition from school to university in Italy: examination reform and outstanding issues', Assessment in Education, 8, 3, 339-51.

39. NEWBOLD, D. (1999). 'Help for the poor with a heavy load', Times Educ. Suppl. 1 January.

40. NEWBOLD, D. (1999a). 'Higher status for the chosen few', Times Educ. Suppl. 29 January, 22.

41. NEWBOLD, D. (1999b). 'Scramble for 'optimum-size' mergers', Times Educ. Suppl. 19 March.

42. NEWBOLD, D. (1999c). 'Greater autonomy looms for schools', Times Educ. Suppl. 26 March.

43. NEWBOLD, D. (1998). 'Ministry split in jobs carve-up', Times Educ. Suppl., 6 November, 21.

44. NEWBOLD, D. (1998a). 'State alms for Catholic schools', Times Educ. Suppl. 11 December, 15.

45. NEWBOLD, D. (1997). 'Life's a beach for truanting examiners', Times. Educ. Suppl. 11 July, 16.

46. NEWBOLD, D. (1997a). 'No end yet for easy rides', Times Educ. Suppl. 22 August.

47. NEWBOLD, D. (1997b). 'Reform puts heads in a spin', Times Educ. Suppl. 26 September.

48. NEWBOLD, D. (1997c). 'State gives schools financial autonomy', Times Educ. Suppl. 4 April.

49. NEWBOLD, D. (1996). 'Every pupil receives equal treatment', The Times Educational Supplement, 6 December, 17.

66. NIGRIS, E. (2003). Contribution of Italian Representative to the International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks (INCA), QCA Invitational Seminar International Trends in Primary Education, Oxford, 19-21 February.

63. PALMERIO, L. (2002). Italy: Law and Regulations on the Autonomy of Scholastic Institutions.  Paper presented at a QCA/NFER international seminar on developments in upper secondary education, Dublin, 20-22 February.

50. PEB EXCHANGE (1997). 'Defining school capacity: an international perspective', PEB Exchange, 31 June, 15-17.

65. THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT (2003). 'Staff teams resist return of the class teacher', Times Educ. Suppl. 1 January.

51. THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT (1997). 'Protest over "squashed" history', Times Educ. Suppl. 30 May.

52. THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT (1997a). 'Reluctant contestants quizzical over tests', Times Educ. Suppl. (n.d.).

53. THOMAS, R. (1997). 'You're never alone in an Italian classroom', Times Educ. Suppl. 9 May.

Further reading

55. The EURYDICE information network on education in Europe EURYBASE database, containing the national 'dossier' - The Education System in Italy.  Accessible via the Internet at:
http://www.eurydice.org/

54. GREEN, A. WOLF, A. and LENEY, T. (1999). Convergence and Divergence in European Education and Training Systems (Bedford Way Series). London: Institute of Education, University of London.

SUTHERLAND, R. (2002). A Comparative Study of Algebra Curricula. London: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. [Australia (Victoria), Canada (British Columbia and Quebec), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore.]

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