International Forum“EURASIAN EDUCATIONAL DIALOGUE”

Yaroslavl (Russia), April 17-19, 2013

Henk A. MoelandsDirector Cito International

Cito, The Netherlands

The use of the Cito Monitoring and Evaluation System for school self-improvement

in The Netherlands

Quality Assurance

• Internationally– PISA– ESLC– …….

• Nationally– PPON (NAEP)– School leaving exams– …….

Quality Assurance

• Internationally– PISA– ESLC– …….– …….

• Nationally– PPON (NAEP)– School leaving exams– …….– …….

League tables

Accountability

Quality Assurance

• Internationally– PISA– ESLC– …….– …….

• Nationally– PPON (NAEP)– School leaving exams– …….– …….

SchooI improvement

Quality Assurance

• Internationally– PISA– ESLC– …….– …….

• Nationally– PPON (NAEP)– School leaving exams– …….– …….

SchooI improvement

Monitoring and Evaluation System

A tool for teacher and school to monitor in a

reliable and systematic way:

Purpose

- the progress of individual learners throughout their (primary) school career

- (aspects of) the quality of the school

Recently

Provide school boards with information about the learning outcomes of their schools

Consists of:- a coherent set of nationally standardized

tests (paper based and computer based) for longitudinal assessment of a pupil’s achievement throughout primary education

- a system for manual or automated registration of pupil progress

Content

Instruments

Diagnostic component• collecting additional data• identifying specific problems• drawing up remedial plan

Testing component• administration• marking and interpretation

Working procedure

Remedial component• carrying out remedial plan• evaluating remedial plan

The Dutch education system

11

Monitoring at individual level

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 8

Grade 3

common scale

e.g. length

Allows:

• Test results that differ in content, difficulty

and number of items can be compared

• Monitoring over years with different tests

• Position of pupil on scale to be compared

with national reference group

Measuring technique (IRT)

Reporting

Manually or with the help of a

computer program

- For each individual- For each class- For the school as a whole

PMS: Classroom related

Pupil Report

Ability scale Mathematics

PMS: School related

• School Improvement

School self-evaluation

• Accountability

- Inspectorate

- Publications of results in school plan e.g.

Cross section

Trend analysis (cohorts)

Trend analysis (grades)

PMS: School board related

Monitor

School board overview of testing period

School board trend overview

In conclusion (1)

Cito’s Monitoring and Evaluation System is:•A practical tool for teachers and schools to systematically monitor the quality of education. Recently also for school boards•A system for (automatic) registration and reporting on 4 levels:

• Individual pupil• Grade or cohort• School• Across schools

In conclusion (2)

• 95% of the Dutch primary schools use at least one of the tests of the system for purposes of self-evaluation

• Head teachers in the Netherlands regard self-evaluation as a useful and instructive undertaking

• But: accompanying process take a lot of time and causes many to hesitate when it comes to actually carrying out a self-evaluation.

In conclusion (3)

Please be aware:

Purposes may change over time

In conclusion (3)

Please be aware:

Purposes may change over time

спасибо (henk.moelands@cito.nl)