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Project

Screening as a lever for educational quality: state of affairs and embedding in a system-wide quality monitoring system (OBPWO2021)

This research project provides insight into the effects of the Inspection 2.0 screening approach in Flemish compulsory education and in which (f)actors (inspection, school, user and context) play a role in explaining the effects of inspections in schools. The research also describes how competent Flemish principals and teachers are in the use of the so-called OK- framework (Frame of reference for Educational Quality) and how variation in this can be explained. To this end, a multi-method design will be rolled out consisting of survey research in 100 schools, 24 in-depth interviews with carefully selected school leaders and 10 case studies involving school management and teachers. In addition, the ambition of this study is to describe similarities and differences between the inspection approach , the Flemish National Assessment Programme (including future centralized tests) and international comparative research in order to explore ways in which these different sources and the associated data can be combined into more reliable and accurate statements about educational quality at system and school level. Starting from document analysis and cross instrumental research, this project outlines possible guidelines for future system-wide monitoring of educational quality.

Date:1 Jun 2021 →  31 May 2023
Keywords:quality monitoring system, educational quality
Disciplines:Secondary education, Primary education, Preschool education and kindergarten