A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond

A review of (elementary) school self-assessment processes: Ontario and beyond

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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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Main Authors: Thomas G. Ryan, Leslie Telfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kura Publishing 2011-07-01
Series:International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
Subjects:
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
Online Access:https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/226
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