An Investigation into School Inspection Policies in Western Australian State Education Performed by the Expert Review Group

Autor/in	Cunningham, Christine
Titel	An Investigation into School Inspection Policies in Western Australian State Education Performed by the Expert Review Group
Quelle	In: Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 18 (2019) 1, S.39-58 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cunningham, Christine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-2081
DOI	10.1007/s10671-018-9227-5
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Inspection; School Visitation; Educational Policy; Government Employees; Academic Standards; Educational Assessment; Expertise; School Effectiveness; High Achievement; Low Achievement; Risk Assessment; Educational Improvement; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Public Schools; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Prüfverfahren; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Expert appraisal; Schuleffizienz; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Risikoabschätzung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Australien
Abstract	The aim of this work is to learn more about the Expert Review Group (ERG), a small but powerful team of bureaucrats in Western Australia's Department of Education whose role is to inspect the quality and standards of pre-K to year 12 government schools. Critical education policy analysis is utilised. Iterative understandings were developed through historical and contemporary document analysis of legislature, policy documents, department reports, academic journal articles, media reports and social media information. This study makes transparent why the ERG was created and how it functions today. ERG school inspections are of proportional, risk-based type, targeting only those schools operating extraordinarily below or above the official measurements of adequate school performance. Very limited public analysis of the ERG had been undertaken prior to this study; thus, the data explored here are original and new to the public record. The ERG's work and influence have expanded over its first decade of operation. However, there is no publicly available evidence that draws a link between ERG inspections and subsequent improvement in school performance for any ERG-inspected school. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01