#11010. Numbers and their contexts: how quantified actors narrate numbers and decontextualization

September 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This article offers two theoretical contributions on the enactment of accountability policies. First, it shows the importance of analytical attention to the materiality of accountability policies, that is, their specifically numerical nature. Second, it proposes that the study of accountability enactment should address the question of how actors deal with the decontextualizing propensities of quantified accountability. I conclude that enactment of accountability is fuelled by quantified decontextualization and the diverse ways in which actors experience, make sense of and act upon it.
Keywords:
Accountability; Education policy; Materiality of policy; Quantification; School education

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