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
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