Stichwort: Schulinspektion

Altrichter, Herbert; Kemethofer, David

doi:10.1007/s11618-016-0688-0

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“…The term 'new inspections' refers to recent inspection models which are usually characterized by concentrating on evaluative functions (as opposed to administrative), explicit quality criteria and procedures, and by using instruments borrowed for social research (such as interviews, observation rubrics; see Altrichter and Kemethofer, 2016). 3 See https://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/2006280/inspections-of-outstanding-schoolsreveal-falling-standards.…”

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Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

Ehren

Baxter

2020

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This global collection brings a new perspective to the field of comparative education by presenting trust, capacity and accountability as the three building blocks of education systems and education system reform. In exploring how these three factors relate to student learning outcomes across different international contexts, this book provides a powerful framework for a more equal system.Drawing upon research and case studies from scholars, policymakers and experts from international agencies across five continents, this book shows how trust, capacity and accountability interact in ways and with consequences that vary among countries, pointing readers towards understanding potential leverage points for system change.Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform illuminates how these three concepts are embedded in an institutional context temporally, socially and institutionally and offers an analysis that will be of use to researchers, policymakers and agencies working in comparative education and towards education system reform. CONTENTS vii x1 Trust, accountability and capacity: Three building blocks of education system reform 1

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Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

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Baxter

2020

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“…They have been actively pursued in the school systems of Austria and Germany as a reaction to the PISA shock of 2001 which indicated that these school systems performed much worse than expected (Altrichter, 2020). In response to a heated public debate, the authorities prepared new governance instruments which were until then alien to these systems, among them performance standards, standard-based comparative student assessment and data feedback (Maag Merki, 2016), school inspections and quality audits (Altrichter & Kemethofer, 2016;Döbert et al, 2008), national or state institutes for educational measurement, national or regional education reports (Rürup et al, 2016).…”

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Making sense of evidence-based governance reforms: an exploratory analysis of teachers coping with the Austrian performance standard policy

Altrichter

Gamsjäger

Plaimauer

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Leadership and Policy in Schools

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During recent years many European countries have modernized the governance of their education systems according to an 'evidence-based model' which, e.g., materialized in new school inspections and comparative performance assessment. Qualitative case study data of six primary and secondary schools is used to explore in-school processes of sensemaking and constructing consequences of the Austrian performance standard policy (which is taken as an exemplar for evidence-based reforms). Teachers' understandings and actions are compared with the normative claims underlying this policy. Results show that only two of the five processes claimed to be effective for school improvement through performance standards are found in the data.

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“…It is a recurrent element of new evidence-based governance models to include stakeholders in decision processes (see Altrichter & Kemethofer, 2016). According to their satisfaction with the development of the schools, they will voice support or criticism.…”

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“…They collect and analyse data that is already available through comparative assessments or evaluations, or that has been freshly acquired through school visits, interviews with stakeholders and/or classroom observation. They use this information to develop inspection reports that evaluate the school's performance against inspection criteria and include some (explicit or implicit, depending on different national systems) recommendations for classroom and school improvement (Altrichter & Kemethofer, 2016).…”

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A conceptual model for research in performance standard policies

Altrichter

Gamsjäger

2017

Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy

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During recent years, many European education systems have attempted to modernise their governance by establishing some variety of an 'evidence-based governance regime'. Since 2008, a policy of performance standards has been introduced in Austrian education. This policy includes the communication of competence-based output standards, the provision of support material (e.g. competence-based assignments, diagnostic tests) and in-service training opportunities, nationwide comparative competence tests (at the end of the primary and lower secondary cycle of schooling), and data feedback of assessments results to students, teachers, schools, and administrative authorities.The paper aims to develop a conceptual model for research into the processes and effects of such a 'performance standard policy'. Official documents are analysed in order to formulate the 'programme theory' underpinning the policy. Main elements of this policy, its intended effects, and the processes and intermediary mechanisms are outlined in a conceptual model that may be used to organise and orchestrate research into performance standard policies. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Stichwort: Schulinspektion

Cited by 28 publications

References 41 publications

Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

Making sense of evidence-based governance reforms: an exploratory analysis of teachers coping with the Austrian performance standard policy

A conceptual model for research in performance standard policies

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