Title: Implementing external evaluation in schools: the case of Slovenia

Authors: Mateja Brejc; Andrej Koren

Addresses: National School for Leadership in Education, Predoslje 39, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia ' National School for Leadership in Education, Predoslje 39, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Abstract: The evaluation study includes the assessment of external evaluations which took place at nine schools in the spring of 2012. It draws on the data that were collected by means of document analysis and group interviews with the representatives of schools under evaluation as well as with external evaluators. The results indicate positive effects of external evaluations on school improvement. The article concludes with a discussion on findings, which are addressed from the perspective of the role that external evaluation plays, as well as from the perspective of introducing external school evaluation at the national level.

Keywords: educational quality; management in education; international perspectives; external evaluations; monitoring; evaluation studies; schools; school systems; Slovenia; document analysis; group interviews; improvement; school evaluations; school inspections.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2014.064955

International Journal of Management in Education, 2014 Vol.8 No.4, pp.374 - 390

Published online: 30 Sep 2014 *

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