OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: School Evaluation in the Flemish Community of Belgium 2011
How can student assessment, teacher appraisal, school evaluation and system evaluation bring about real gains in performance across a country’s school system? The country reports in this series provide, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing the evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches. This series forms part of the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes.
Governing school evaluation
This chapter gives an overview of the major features of school evaluation governance in the Flemish Community of Belgium, including: the division of responsibilities for school evaluation; major information sources used for school evaluation; the design, role and extent of interaction between internal and external school evaluation; and structures to promote consultation and collaboration within and among schools. It then analyses the strengths and challenges to the current governance approach and recommends some areas for further policy development.