Abstract
As Lithuania is getting integrated into the European education dimension, the quality of education activities becomes of utmost importance. The quality of education activities in the countries of the European Union is considered to be the main priority of their education policy. The issues of quality and efficiency of education and general secondary school activities is becoming topical, and the problem of performance quality assessment arises. The kindergartens-schools of Lithuania follow the quality assessment provisions established by the National School Assessment Agency. The external assessment of performance reveals the quality of activities of kindergartens - schools, their ability to change, develop and seek solutions. The present study is the first scientific contribution towards further analysis of the kindergartens-schools performance quality.
 When analyzing the national assessment results of the Lithuanian kindergartens – schools performance assessed during 2007–2011 it has been established that the performance quality as to the spheres and themes was evaluated to be of the 2nd level (not bad). The analysis of strengths (+10) showed that the most often specified (eight kindergartens-schools) strengths were the cozy environment (1.3.3), and the least noted strengths (in three institutions) were grading in the teaching / learning process (2.6), grading as cognition and information (2.6.3) and personnel management (5.4). Analysis of the performance aspects to-be-further-improved (–5) showed that the most occurring recommendation (seven kindergartens-schools) for further development was the differentiation of teaching / learning (2.5.2), and the least occurring (four kindergartens - schools) – further improvement of homework system (2.3.5), grading process (5.2.1), grading in teaching / learning process (2.6), and teaching of learning skills (2.4.2).
 The analysis of the Lithuanian kindergartens-schools assessed during 2007–2011 heads’ attitude towards external assessment revealed that the heads of eleven assessed kindergartens - schools found the external audit to be beneficial to them and confirmed that to their opinion the external audit conducted in the institutions under them had positive effect on the institution community and that they were satisfied with the external audit carried out by the National School Assessment Agency.
Highlights
As Lithuania is getting integrated into the European education dimension
the quality of education activities becomes of utmost importance
The quality of education activities in the countries of the European Union is considered to be the main priority of their education policy
Summary
Švietimo sistemos pradinio ugdymo posistemis darželiuose-mokyklose nėra tyrinėtas, todėl pasirinkta tema, tikėtina, analizuojant šiose institucijose išorinio veiklos vertinimo vyksmą, padės šioms organizacijoms tobulinti organizuojamą veiklą. Tyrimo tikslas – ištirti 2007–2011 mokslo metais vertintų Lietuvos darželių-mokyklų veiklos kokybę. Išanalizuoti bendrojo ugdymo išorinį mokyklų veiklos vertinimą reglamentuojančius dokumentus. 2. Įvertinti 2007–2011 mokslo metais vertintų Lietuvos darželių-mokyklų veiklos kokybę. Veiklos kokybės vertinimas darželiuose-mokyklose, kaip įstaigose, vykdančiose dviejų pakopų (ikimokyklinį ir pradinį) ugdymą. Darželių-mokyklų veiklos vertinimo problema šiandienos bendrojo ugdymo švietimo sistemoje pakankamai reikšminga, modernizuojant šio tipo institucijų veiklą. Moksliniuose darbuose pabrėžiamas veiklos vertinimas, išreiškiantis humanistinę poziciją švietimo institucijoms, padedant maksimaliai plėtoti vertinamas sritis, sričių temas, siekiant užtikrinti darželių-mokyklų teikiamų paslaugų kokybę. Todėl Lietuvos darželių-mokyklų pradinės pakopos išorinis veiklos kokybės vertinimas sudaro šio tyrimo problematikos pagrindą. Tyrimo bazė: 12 Lietuvos darželių-mokyklų: 3 didžiausio Lietuvos miesto – Vilniaus – darželiai-mokyklos, 6 miestų darželiai-mokyklos (Alytaus – 1, Lazdijų – 2, Marijampolės – 2, Birštono – 1), 3 rajono darželiai-mokyklos (Kaišiadorių r.)
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