Education system evaluation: Informing policies for system improvement

Within the evaluation and assessment framework, education system evaluation provides the opportunity to monitor quality and equity within the system and to bring together evidence from different aspects of the evaluation and assessment framework. This chapter presents evidence on different approaches to education system evaluation at both the national and sub-national levels. It examines governance issues, different procedures used, the capacity for undertaking and using the results of education system evaluation and the reporting of results. It then presents some options seeking to promote the better use of education system evaluation for informing policies for system improvement.