A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond
This review draws attention to issues related to school self-assessment. This process has been similarly implemented in a variety of jurisdictions globally in the past decade hence their inclusion herein as an attempt to understand the school self-assessment process which has also been developed for...
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| description | This review draws attention to issues related to school self-assessment. This process has been similarly implemented in a variety of jurisdictions globally in the past decade hence their inclusion herein as an attempt to understand the school self-assessment process which has also been developed for use in local Ontario (Canadian) elementary schools. This review includes an examination of the foundational components of effective schools, the purpose of school self-assessment, and the successes and challenges of school self-assessment both locally and internationally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14cdc4a3f77b461eb42e9c985a37879f2023-02-15T16:08:25ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982011-07-0133171191A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyondThomas G. Ryan0Leslie Telfer1Nipissing UniversityOntario Board of EducationThis review draws attention to issues related to school self-assessment. This process has been similarly implemented in a variety of jurisdictions globally in the past decade hence their inclusion herein as an attempt to understand the school self-assessment process which has also been developed for use in local Ontario (Canadian) elementary schools. This review includes an examination of the foundational components of effective schools, the purpose of school self-assessment, and the successes and challenges of school self-assessment both locally and internationally.https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/226Schoolself assessmentself-evaluationIntroductionSchool Self-Assessment (SSA) as a means to improve schools is an important tool and mode to move forward (McNamaraO'HaraLisi& Davidsdottir2011). Conceptually school self-assessment is understood as a course of action undertaken by a school“whereby carefully chosen participants describe and evaluate the functioning of the school in a systematic manner for the purposes of making decisions or undertaking initiatives in the context of ...overall school development”(Van Petegem2005p.104 ). Within an Ontario(Canada) contextit has been similarly defined as a process carried out collaboratively by a schoolin which chosen staff members systematically gather and analyze evidence to improve the schools *Corresponding author : E-mail:thomasr@nipissingu.ca100 College DriveNorth BayON.self evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Thomas G. Ryan Leslie Telfer A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education School self assessment self-evaluationIntroductionSchool Self-Assessment (SSA) as a means to improve schools is an important tool and mode to move forward (McNamara O'Hara Lisi & Davidsdottir 2011). Conceptually school self-assessment is understood as a course of action undertaken by a school “whereby carefully chosen participants describe and evaluate the functioning of the school in a systematic manner for the purposes of making decisions or undertaking initiatives in the context of ...overall school development”(Van Petegem 2005 p.104 ). Within an Ontario (Canada) context it has been similarly defined as a process carried out collaboratively by a school in which chosen staff members systematically gather and analyze evidence to improve the schools *Corresponding author : E-mail:thomasr@nipissingu.ca100 College Drive North Bay ON. self evaluation |
| title | A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond |
| title_full | A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond |
| title_fullStr | A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond |
| title_short | A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond |
| title_sort | review of elementary school self assessment processes ontario and beyond |
| topic | School self assessment self-evaluationIntroductionSchool Self-Assessment (SSA) as a means to improve schools is an important tool and mode to move forward (McNamara O'Hara Lisi & Davidsdottir 2011). Conceptually school self-assessment is understood as a course of action undertaken by a school “whereby carefully chosen participants describe and evaluate the functioning of the school in a systematic manner for the purposes of making decisions or undertaking initiatives in the context of ...overall school development”(Van Petegem 2005 p.104 ). Within an Ontario (Canada) context it has been similarly defined as a process carried out collaboratively by a school in which chosen staff members systematically gather and analyze evidence to improve the schools *Corresponding author : E-mail:thomasr@nipissingu.ca100 College Drive North Bay ON. self evaluation |
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