Strategic Data Use of Schools in Accountability Systems

Autor/inn/en	Ehren, Melanie C. M.; Swanborn, Machteld S. L.
Titel	Strategic Data Use of Schools in Accountability Systems
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 23 (2012) 2, S.257-280 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
DOI	10.1080/09243453.2011.652127
Schlagwörter	Inspection; Accountability; Evaluation Utilization; Inferences; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Guidelines; Testing; Program Administration; Foreign Countries; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Cheating; Statistical Bias; Teacher Behavior; Systems Analysis; Educational Malpractice; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Quality Control; School Effectiveness; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prüfverfahren; Verantwortung; Inference; Inferenz; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Richtlinien; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Prellen; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; System analysis; Systemanalyse; Bildungsmisere; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Qualitätskontrolle; Schuleffizienz; Niederlande
Abstract	School inspections are expected to have an impact on data use and improvement of schools. Schools are expected to generate data (e.g., self-evaluation reports and student achievement results) as part of the inspection process. This process, in turn, also generates data (e.g., inspection reports) for school improvement. The high-stakes context in which both types of data are generated however has been known to lead to strategic responses of schools. In this study, we analyzed if schools cheat on tests and reshape their test pool in responses to the Dutch (risk-based) school inspections. We found that 5.5% of the schools do not to comply with the guidelines for administering the test; one third of the schools exclude one or more students from the test. These responses, however, do not appear to be related to specific measures in the Dutch school inspections or prior performance of schools on these measures. (Contains 7 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10