School-Based Evaluation: An International Perspective

Abstract

Part I Conceptual perspectives: dialogue evaluation - combining internal and external evaluation, D. Nevo school self-evaluation in a democracy, H. Simons school self-evaluation - origins, definition, approaches, methods, and implementation, J. Scheerens. Part II Case studies: school-based evaluation in Norway - why is it so difficult to convince teachers of its usefulness?, L. Monsen evaluation as school improvement - a developmental perspective from England, D. Hopkins, M. West school self-evaluation in the Netherlands, J. Scheerens, M. Hendriks self-evaluation as endeavor to understand quality - experiences in Austrian school-based evaluation, M. Schratz internal and external school evaluation in the Spanish educational reform, A. Tiana evaluating accelerated schools in the United States, P. Lindquist Wong school-based evaluation and the neo-liberal agenda in Canada, L. McLean Israel - internal self-evaluation as a means of generating changes, E. Friedman, P. Golan-Cook Scotland - schools speaking for themselves, J. MacBeath school evaluation in Germany - a means to improve school quality, C. Buhren.