School Evaluation for Quality Improvement. Meeting of the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in Educational Planning (ANTRIEP) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2-4, 2002)

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188

Educational Planning; School Supervision; Community Involvement; Governance; School Effectiveness; Inspection; Educational Change; Institutional Evaluation; Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Evaluation Methods; Educational Administration; Self Evaluation (Groups); Accountability; Empowerment; Foreign Countries

Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Nepal; Philippines; Sri Lanka

978-92-803-1273-7

The papers brought together in this volume are a selection from among those presented at the seminar organized in Kuala Lumpur, in July 2002 by the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in Educational Planning (ANTRIEP). The network consists of institutions whose main mandate includes training and research in educational planning and management. Since its creation in 1995, it has covered a series of themes with an overarching objective to contribute to the definition of policies that have a beneficial impact on school improvement. ANTRIEP has therefore undertaken research or organized seminars on decentralization, school supervision, the role of head teachers and, in 2002, on school evaluation. The seminar and this report focus on policy reforms and practical steps that can be undertaken to strengthen the linkage between evaluation and school improvement. The report presents a mixture of conceptual papers, case studies and comparative analyzes, though drawing references not only to the Asian continent. Each of the three evaluation tools (examinations, inspection, and self-evaluation) was examined separately during the seminar, and different papers comment on their role. Specific attention goes to the need to integrate these tools into an evaluation framework. Some papers go beyond these tools and ask the question: What could be the contribution of the community in school evaluation and school governance? The report paints the contours of a school evaluation system, focused on improvement, empowerment, and accountability rather than on the latter alone. School self-evaluation stands at the heart of such a system. Examination and test results help school staff to identify their strengths and weaknesses while inspectors become the initiators of this self-evaluation process. The report also stresses, however, that there is not one ideal model that all countries should follow. The contexts differ, and an effective system is one that takes into account the limits and needs of each country. Papers presented in this report include: (1) Seminar Report: School Evaluation for Quality Improvement--Issues and Challenges (Anton De Grauwe and Jordan P. Naidoo); (2) A Review of School Evaluation Mechanisms in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines and Malaysia (Jordan P. Naidoo); (3) School Self-Evaluation and External Inspection: A Complex Couple (Anton De Grauwe); (2) External School Inspections as a Form of School Evaluation in Malaysia (Dato' Abdul Rahim bin Tahir); (4) School-Based Evaluation: A Theoretical Approach (Eligio B. Barsaga); (5) Examinations and Test Systems at School Level in India: Their Impact on Institutional Quality Improvement (B.P. Khandelwal); (6) Teacher Performance Management as a Method of School Evaluation in Sri Lanka (Wilfred J. Perera); (7) Community Participation and School Governance: Diverse Perspectives and Emerging Issues (R. Govinda); and (8) Alternative Models in Reforming School Supervision (Anton De Grauwe and Gabriel Carron). An appendix provides additional information about the Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in Educational Planning (ANTRIEP). (Contains 7 tables, 2 figures, and 2 boxes.)

ERIC

45

2008

ED499635