Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation

Building evaluation capacity in educationNSW ECoP Conference, September 2015

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CESE was created in 2012 to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and accountability of education in New South Wales

CESE Advisory Council

NSW Department of Education

Strategy and Evaluation

NSW Minister for Education

Strategic Delivery

Communications and Engagement

Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation

Program Management

Office

Business Intelligence/Information Management

Statistics EvaluationStrategic Analysis

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Strong governance is crucial as education moves from a commissioning model to an in-house evaluation model

Other good-practice principles also need to be considered

External In-house

Building evaluation into programs

Evaluation expertise / capacity

Uptake of recommendations

Input from stakeholders

Transparency

A sliding scale of independence

(Statutory) independence

Self-evaluationIn-house (?)Commissioned (?)

Strong governanceWeak governance

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Dr John Ainley (Chair)Principal Research Fellow, and former Deputy CEO (Research) ACER

Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AOAuthor of 2008 review into Higher Education

Professor Deborah BrennanProfessor, Social Policy Research Centre, The University of NSW

Professor Shane HoustonDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), The University of Sydney

Dr Caralee McLieshAssociate Secretary, Resource Allocation, NSW Treasury

Leslie LobleDeputy Secretary, External Affairs & Regulation, NSW Department of Education

Dr Lisa O’BrienCEOThe Smith Family

Professor Andreas Schleicher (France)Special Advisory on Education Policy to the Secretary General, OECD

Robert Schwartz (USA)Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, Harvard University

Professor Peter Shergold ACChancellor, University of Western Sydney

Dr Brian Stecher (USA)Associate Director, RAND Education, Senior Social Scientist, RAND Corporation

Professor Magdalena Mo Ching Mok (Hong Kong)Chair Professor of Assessment and Evaluation, Departmentof Psychological Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

The Advisory Council is a valuable source of independent advice from national and international experts

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The Council’s Terms of Reference are publicly available

http://www.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/stories/PDF/Advisory_Council_governance_120215.pdf

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CESE has three core responsibilities

provide data analysis, information and evaluation that improve effectiveness, efficiency and accountability

create a single access point to education data

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build capacity across whole education sector

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1. Our publications and websites make complex data and other evidence available to a range of audiences

Capacity building for evidence based decision making

Majorstrategic projects

Producing new in-depth analysis and assembling

the evidence base

Strategic evaluations

Evaluating major programs across the education spectrum

Literature reviews

To inform major policy initiatives, such as Great Teaching Inspired

Learning and the Rural and Remote strategy

Technical reports

Papers targeted at a more technical audience; at times

supporting shorter publications

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Information for Schools2. The (outward-facing) DataHub and (inward-facing) Business Intelligence (BI) tools bring data together sources with intuitive reporting and data visualisation capability

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727,814 page views

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3. CESE is co-designing a capacity building program with Schools Division for delivery over the next 18 months

School leaders School teachers Leaders in Early Childhood

Policy and program officers

Executives (Director and

above)

BI

Existing

Proposed

Evaluation reportsEvaluation reports

PD modules for aspiring

Highly Accomplished

teachers

Guidance material for

school planning

‘Train the trainer’

around data use and

evaluation

BI

DataHub

Evaluation coaching

Tailored training & coaching