Educational Monitoring at the Local Level in Tension Between Science and Politics

Dealing with the tensions between scientific claims and those of political-administrative actors marks a central task of municipal educational monitoring. However, empirical research has not systematically examined the relationship between these significant references. Our contribution focuses on how the tensions are addressed and balanced in practice. The results reveal different relations between the two perspectives, producing various practical forms of local educational monitoring. In this way, establishing data infrastructures in municipalities becomes visible as a complex and situational process. The results reflect educational monitoring's theoretical and practical development needs and implications for education research.