School Evaluation as a Meachnism for School Improvement

Bukurije Bllacak
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Bukurije Bllacak: AAB College, Kosovo

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Abstract: This paper is a contributing segment of a study under development that aims at examining the effectiveness of school quality assurance mechanisms/school inspection and their impact on school improvement through improved relationships between the evaluation bodies and entities being evaluated. A few existing models used in the region will be investigated with the purpose of comparing them against the practices that are applied throughout the public and private sector of education in Kosovo. The study will look into the relationship between schools as service providers and evaluation mechanisms focusing on public, private – national schools and international schools at the K-12 level, in Kosovo. A qualitative methodology will be employed and the methods used to gather data will include reviewing national laws on school monitoring and quality assurance, collecting data through interviews with inspectors as evaluators, school principals, teachers, students parents and members of the community as education stakeholders, the use of questionnaires, review of available literature and research supported by other relevant documentation regarding legal frameworks that provide policy and guidance on the evaluation practice. The end goal of the study is to gather suggestions on how can the relationship between the evaluation bodies and the school improve in order to positively affect the overall quality of education, and thus have a positive impact on school improvement in Kosovo.

Keywords: improvement; inspection; school evaluation; mechanisms; relationships; policy; quality education. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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