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.
School self-evaluation
This chapter gives an overview of the major features of school self-evaluation in the Flemish Community of Belgium, including: different procedures currently used, such as tools, measures and processes for self-evaluation; how self-evaluation results are used for improvement, how they are shared within and among schools and the extent to which they are used during the school inspection process; and the competencies and capacity for school self-evaluation, considering both teacher and school leader qualification requirements and rights to professional development. It then analyses the current strengths and challenges to school self-evaluation in the Flemish Community of Belgium and recommends some areas for further policy development.