Monitoring the Quality of Education in Schools : : Examples of Feedback into Systems from Developed and Emerging Economies / / edited by Vanessa Scherman, Roel J. Bosker, Sarah J. Howie.

The monitoring of quality has been part of the educational landscape for many decades. Originally the need to monitor arose as part of an economic process whereby policy makers wanted to discern the return on investment in education. This bottom line thinking, while still prominent, has receded into...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 204 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The Role of Monitoring in Enhancing the Quality of Education.-Section 1: Conceptual Issues
  • Feedback of Monitoring Data and Its Role in Decision Making at School and Classroom Level
  • Understanding Monitoring Systems in Different Contexts: A Focus on Curriculum Development, Teacher Agency and Monitoring Systems: A Proposed Monitoring System to Support Teaching and Learning in a Changing Society
  • Monitoring, Accountability and Professional Knowledge: Reflections on South African Schooling
  • Monitoring and School Self-Evaluation: Examples of and Implications for South Africa
  • Section 2: Worked Examples
  • The Role of Feedback Report Characteristics and User Professionalisation in Using Student Monitoring Systems for Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Understanding Monitoring in the United Kingdom Context.-Using Performance Monitoring Data for Teaching Purposes: Evidence from the Netherlands
  • Section 3: System Level Monitoring.-Evidence from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and How Teachers and Their Practice Can Benefit
  • Teacher’s Competence and Performance and Its Effect on Pupil Achievement in Upper Primary Education in Mozambique: What Does SACMEQ Data Tell Us?
  • Section 4: Future Pathways
  • Frameworks for the Analysis of Monitoring Data Related to Achievement
  • Monitoring Systems for the Future: Success in a Global Economy.