Transformatsiya rossiyskogo obrazovaniya v postsovetskiy period v srede rossiyskogo soobshchestva privodit k protivorechivym, a poroy i vzaimoisklyuchayushchim suzhdeniyam v otnoshenii provodimykh preobrazovaniy - ot apologeticheskikh do krayne nigilisticheskikh. V monografii analiziruyutsya zarubezhnye i otechestvennye otsenki spetsifiki reformirovaniya i modernizatsii rossiyskogo obrazovaniya v kontekste transformatsionnykh protsessov v postsovetskiy period; kharakterizuyutsya politicheskie (mirovozzrencheskie) podkhody k otsenke transformatsii rossiyskogo obrazovaniya v postsovetskiy period v otechestvennykh i zarubezhnykh issledovaniyakh. My obrashchaemsya k itogam mezhdunarodnykh sravnitel'nykh issledovaniy otsenki kachestva shkol'nogo obrazovaniya i ranzhirovaniya universitetov (TIMSS, PISA, reytingi universitetov) s tochki zreniya kachestva obshchego obrazovaniya i ego prakticheskoy napravlennosti, konkurentosposobnosti otechestvennogo vysshego professional'nogo obrazovaniya. Kniga budet interesna rukovoditelyam, pedagogam, ekspertam v oblasti obrazovaniya, litsam, interesuyushchimsya modernizatsiey obrazovaniya, v sisteme povysheniya kvalifikatsii pedagogov uchrezhdeniy vysshego professional'nogo obrazovaniya, shkol'nykh uchiteley.