Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=cdis20 Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education ISSN: 0159-6306 (Print) 1469-3739 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cdis20 Reforming governance through policy instruments: how and to what extent standards, tests and accountability in education spread worldwide Antoni Verger, Clara Fontdevila & Lluís Parcerisa To cite this article: Antoni Verger, Clara Fontdevila & Lluís Parcerisa (2019): Reforming governance through policy instruments: how and to what extent standards, tests and accountability in education spread worldwide, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2019.1569882 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2019.1569882 Published online: 21 Jan 2019. Submit your article to this journal View Crossmark data