The School Inspector Calls

Autor/in	Hussain, Iftikhar
Titel	The School Inspector Calls
Quelle	In: Education Next, 13 (0000) 3, S.66-72 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-9664
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Inspection; School Visitation; Scores; School Effectiveness; Audits (Verification); Accountability; Achievement Rating; Sanctions; Benchmarking; Observation; Educational Quality; Educational Assessment; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Prüfverfahren; Schuleffizienz; Verantwortung; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Sanction; Sanktion; Beobachtung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem
Abstract	This study evaluates a subjective performance-evaluation regime in place in the English public school system since the early 1990s. Under this regime, independent inspectors visit schools, assess schools' performance, and disclose their findings on the Internet. Inspectors combine hard metrics, such as test scores, with softer ones, such as observations of classroom teaching, in order to arrive at an overall judgment of school quality. Schools that receive a fail rating may be subject to sanctions, such as more frequent and intensive inspections. The author provides evidence on the effectiveness of several aspects of the inspections system. First, he demonstrates that inspection ratings can aid in distinguishing between more- and less-effective schools, even after controlling for test scores and various other school characteristics. Second Hussain, exploiting a natural experiment, shows that a fail inspection rating leads to test-score gains for primary school students that remain evident even after the students move into secondary schools. No evidence is found that schools that receive a fail rating are able to inflate test-score performance by gaming the system, suggesting that oversight by inspectors may mitigate such strategic behavior. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10