scholarly journals School self-evaluation for school improvement: Examining the measuring properties of theLEADsurveys

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panayiotis Antoniou ◽  
Jacqui Myburgh-Louw ◽  
Peter Gronn
2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Bubb ◽  
Peter Earley ◽  
Elpida Ahtaridou ◽  
Jeff Jones ◽  
Chris Taylor

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiasemina Karagiorgi ◽  
Maria Nicolaidou ◽  
Christos Yiasemis ◽  
Petros Georghiades

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ray ◽  
Tanya McCormack ◽  
Helen Evans

Value-added indicators are now a central part of school accountability in England, and value-added information is routinely used in school improvement at both the national and the local levels. This article describes the value-added models that are being used in the academic year 2007–8 by schools, parents, school inspectors, and other professionals in local and national governments. The article outlines the development of value-added models in England following the introduction of national testing at ages seven, eleven, and fourteen in the 1990s. It describes the current “contextual” value-added models in detail, looking at the mathematical specification of the multilevel models and discussing the practical choice of explanatory attainment and contextual variables. The article also describes various uses of the value-added models, including in the published school achievement and attainment tables and in the RAISEonline system that supports schools in their self-evaluation and development planning and informs external inspection.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2-2 ◽  
pp. 100063
Author(s):  
Martin Brown ◽  
Sarah Gardezi ◽  
Laura del Castillo Blanco ◽  
Rossitsa Simeonova ◽  
Yonka Parvanova ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Annemarie Oomen

RESUMENEsta experiencia presenta los resultados parciales de un estudio llevado a cabo por el Centro Nacional para la Mejora de la Escuela (Utrecht, Holanda). En Holanda, la descentralización de las políticas educativas confiere mayor responsabilidad a los profesionales de la educación para asegurar la calidad en su contexto de trabajo. Durante dos años, se recogieron datos a través de una encuesta de ámbito nacional con profesores de educación para la carrera en escuelas de secundaria, para proponer estándares en relación a: las áreas fundamentales de intervención del profesor de educación para la carrera, las competencias necesarias para realizar las tareas pertinentes en cada una de estas áreas, indicadores de comportamiento en estas competencias. El objetivo principal era y es generar un proceso interactivo y auto-evaluativo sobre la calidad de las actividades de desarrollo de la carrera en la escuela, no imponer unos estándares que regulen la calidad o sirvan de herramienta para medirla. En esta contribución se describe el proceso seguido y sus resultados, con las áreas de intervención, tareas y competencias identificadas. Se hace énfasis en los procedimientos interactivos que han contribuido a que los profesores de educación para la carrera hagan suyos los estándares de calidad de las tareas que realizan. Se concluye con ejemplos de aplicación en el propio contexto de trabajo, y se apuntan líneas de acción futuras.ABSTRACTThis experience presents the partial results of a study conducted by the National Center for School Improvement (Utrecht, Netherlands). In the Netherlands, the decentralization of educational policy gives more responsibility to the education professionals to ensure quality in their work context. For two years, data were collected through a national survey to teachers with career education in secondary schools, to propose standards regarding to: the key areas of teacher education career, the skills required to perform the relevant tasks in each of these areas, performance indicators in these competitions. The main objective was and is to create an interactive process and self-evaluation on the quality of the development activities of the school career, not imposing standards governing the quality or serving as a tool to measure it. This contribution describes the process followed and the results with the intervention areas, tasks, and competences identified. Interactive procedures that have helped teachers to make career education quality standards in performing their tasks done are emphasized. Examples of application in the context of own work are given and future lines of action are targeted.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
A. Ioannis

<p style="text-align: justify;">The main purpose of this study case is to investigate the contribution of the school community to the improvement of the school. In that context, a two-phase research was conducted. In the first phase, the self-evaluation process was implemented during the first year of the research with the participation of the school community. An overall picture of the school was created, with its strong and weak points reflected in the school's final self-evaluation report. Upon the completion of the school self-evaluation process the school community decided on the implementation of actions in order to reduce a number of dysfunctional behaviors, such as bullying incidents that occurred in the school on the part of some students. The school actions and the relevant results constituted the second phase of the research work. The results showed that some of the dysfunctional behaviors were found to be decreased to a statistically significant level after action was taken by the school community.</p>


Author(s):  
Kai Pata ◽  
Kairit Tammets ◽  
Terje Väljataga ◽  
Külli Kori ◽  
Mart Laanpere ◽  
...  

AbstractThis study explores schools’ digital maturity self-evaluation reports’ data from Estonia. Based on quantitative data (N = 499) the schools that attempt digital transformation were clustered into three successive digital improvement types. The paper describes 3 main patterns of school improvement in different phases of innovative change: classroom innovation practices’ driven schools, participatory led structural change driven schools; and inclusive and evidence based change management type of schools. The defining variables for digital transformation towards new levels of digital maturity were teachers’ role, digital competences, learning organization culture, participatory management, inclusive leadership, structural changes and network, and IT-manager involvement to structural changes.


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