Accessibility Requirements and Evaluation Policies

Author(s):  
Nathalie Mons
Keyword(s):  
2021 ◽  
pp. 089590482110156
Author(s):  
Reva Jaffe-Walter ◽  
Adriana Villavicencio

This paper examines how school leaders working within schools serving immigrant English Learners negotiate teacher evaluation policies, including how they influence compliance with mandated policies, communicate those policies to teachers, and guide implementation within their professional communities. We explore how a leader in a school with positive outcomes negotiates external policies to support authentic professional growth and maximize learning opportunities for immigrant ELs. In addition, we draw on data from a comparison school that also serves a high proportion of ELs, but where policies have been enacted in ways that focus on compliance, increase anxiety, and add little value to EL students. In doing so, we show how leaders can mitigate the unintended consequences of mandated policies by addressing teachers’ uncertainty and anxieties, while reaffirming humanizing institutional practices that honor the local knowledge of teachers and deepen teachers’ collective responsibility for immigrant youth.


Author(s):  
Masaaki Katsuno ◽  
Tetsuro Takei

In the present paper the authors will describe the development of school evaluation policies in the context of recent Japanese education reform. In doing so, the applicability of Neave's 'Evaluative State' thesis shall be examined. And then they will move on to the discussion as to how the policies will work in schools. Drawing on the findings of their empirical research into student involvement in the school evaluation process, the authors will deal with the 'politics of appropriation'. The process could be of a liberating nature at the present time, as opposed to the managerial intentions of policy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (74) ◽  
pp. 558
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Prazeres Frangella ◽  
Maria Cristina Rezende de Campos

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Neste artigo, analisamos a autoavaliação institucional que integra o Sistema de Avaliação da Educação de Niterói (Saen), estado do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo é discutir seu processo de constituição num contexto de centralidade das políticas de avaliação, defendendo essa como possibilidade de produção de políticas pelas escolas, como produção de sentidos de avaliação para além da lógica de accountability, colocando outros sentidos de qualidade em disputa. A partir de aportes pós-estruturais, assumimos o entendimento da política como luta pela significação, que se dá entre tensões, negociações, traduções. Concluímos argumentando que a experiência posta em análise nos permite problematizar de forma propositiva as políticas de avaliação centralizadas e centralizadoras que têm ganhado destaque no cenário educacional.<strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> Autoavaliação, Avaliação Institucional, Autoavaliação Institucional, Qualidade da Educação.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Autoevaluación institucional: ¿otros sentidos de evaluación (im)posibles?<strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></strong></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">En este artículo analizamos la autoevaluación institucional que integra el Sistema de Evaluação da Educação de Niterói (Saen), estado de Rio de Janeiro. El objetivo es discutir su proceso de constitución en un contexto de centralidad de las políticas de evaluación, defendiendo a ésta como una posibilidad de producción de políticas por las escuelas, como producción de sentidos de evaluación más allá de la lógica de accountability, colocando otros sentidos de calidad en disputa. A partir de aportes post-estructurales, asumimos el entendimiento de la política como lucha por la significación, que se da entre tensiones, negociaciones, traducciones. Concluimos argumentando que la experiencia en análisis nos permite problematizar de forma propositiva las políticas de evaluación centralizadas y centralizadoras que han ganado destaque en el escenario educacional.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Palabras clave</strong>: Autoevaluación, Evaluación Institucional, Autoevaluación Institucional, Calidad de la Educación.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Institutional self-assessment: other (im)possible meanings of assessment?<strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></strong></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In this article, we analyze the institutional self-assessment that integrates the Education Evaluation System of Niterói (SAEN) in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The aim is to discuss its constitution process in a context of centrality of evaluation policies, supporting it as a possibility for the schools to produce policies as production of meanings of evaluation beyond the logic of accountability, putting other meanings of quality in dispute. From post-structural contributions, we assume the understanding of the policies as the struggle for meaning, which occurs between tensions, negotiations, and translations. We conclude by arguing that the analytical experience allows us to propose centered and centralized evaluation policies that have gained prominence in the educational field.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: Self-Assessment, Institutional Assessment, Institutional Self-Assessment, Quality of Education.</span></p>


PARADIGMA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-298
Author(s):  
Luz Aide Figueroa Zapata ◽  
Luz Marina LLanos Díaz

This study describes the approaches that a private educative institution has about teaching, learning and assessment process. Its curriculum includes a rigorous document with evaluation policies, the SIEE (Institutional Assessment System) is offering a formative evaluation, critical thinking and analytical formation on students. The research was directed finding what kind of assessment is done, student`s considerations about assessment, and motivation for learning. A qualitative descriptive method was used (Hernández et all, 2010). And the analyses includes descriptive statistics, questionnaires, open interviews, observation protocols, and literature analysis. The paper concludes that some teachers are not involved in the contextual dynamics of learning, nor do they take into account the interests of students. So, this leads to warning that today's teachers must be updated and conduct teaching through dynamic and motivational research strategies. In this case, the proposed transformative pedagogical model and critical formative assessment will have sense on students and therefore, in our society. 


Author(s):  
Olusoyi Richard Ashaye ◽  
Husam Helmi Alharahsheh ◽  
Abraham Pius

The chapter is exploring and investigating key definitions and principles of renewable energy highlighting key distinctions between sustainable energy source and renewables, key associated theories of renewable energy such as diffusion theory, and drivers and barriers to renewable energy good practice guidelines. Furthermore, the chapter would focus on strategy, priority and monitoring, and evaluation policies to further provide clarity on how renewable energy is being implemented in practice. The chapter also discusses key dynamic aspects of deployment to further enable success of renewable energy adoption. The chapter is based on reviewing the published literature in the field, as well as other related publications such as professional reports to enhance relatedness to recent updates in policy and practice. The chapter provides key findings and recommendations on the role renewables play in dealing with climate change both in interim and long run, influences on policies, and incentives that would shape its deployment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-160
Author(s):  
Julie Cohen ◽  
Susanna Loeb ◽  
Luke C. Miller ◽  
James H. Wyckoff

Ten years ago, the reform of teacher evaluation was touted as a mechanism to improve teacher effectiveness. In response, virtually every state redesigned its teacher evaluation system. Recently, a growing narrative suggests these reforms failed and should be abandoned. This response may be overly simplistic. We explore the variability of New York City principals’ implementation of policies intended to promote teaching effectiveness. Drawing on survey, interview, and administrative data, we analyze whether principals believe they can use teacher evaluation and tenure policies to improve teaching effectiveness and how such perceptions influence policy implementation. We find that principals with greater perceived agency are more likely to strategically use tenure and evaluation policies. Results have important implications for principal training and policy implementation.


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