1st Edition

School Improvement Through Performance Feedback

Edited By A.J. Visscher, R. Coe Copyright 2002
282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Internationally there is an increasing trend to publish and feed back information to schools and teachers on their functioning. School improvement is often the central goal, though accountability and the promotion of parental/student school choice also play an important role.Practical initiatives and research in this field have often failed to recognize the full complexity of improving schools... Read more
Introduction The School Performance Feedback Concept The Origins of School Performance Feedback Systems Structure of the Book References
PART 1: Theoretical Introduction
Chapter 1: Evidence on the Role and Impact of Performance Feedback in Schools Chapter 2: A Typology of Indicators Chapter 3: A Framework for Studying School Performance Feedback Systems
PART 2: Evidence on School Performance Feedback
Chapter 4: The ABC+ Model for School Diagnosis, Feedback, and Improvement Chapter 5: Using School Effectiveness as a Knowledge Base for Self-evaluation in Dutch Schools: the ZEBO-project Chapter 6: Jolts and Reactions: Two Decades of Feeding Back Information on Schools' Performance Chapter 7: Performance Feedback to Schools of Students' Year 12 Assessments: The VCE Data Project Chapter 8: Performance Indicators in Primary Schools
PART 3: Conclusions, Reflections and Recommendations
Chapter 9: Drawing up the Balance Sheet for School Performance Feedback Systems

Biography

Visscher, A.J.; Coe, R.