TY - BOOK ID - 30839447 TI - A developmental and negotiated approach to school self-evaluation AU - Lai, Mei Kuin. AU - Kushner, Saville. PY - 2013 SN - 1781907056 1781907048 1306291100 9781781907054 9781781907047 9781306291101 PB - Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald, DB - UniCat KW - Educational evaluation. KW - Educational assessment KW - Educational program evaluation KW - Evaluation research in education KW - Instructional systems analysis KW - Program evaluation in education KW - Self-evaluation in education KW - Evaluation KW - Education KW - Organization & management of education. KW - Examinations & assessment. KW - Curricula. KW - Testing & Measurement. KW - Educational Policy & Reform KW - General. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30839447 AB - Current conventions in school evaluation focus on accountability, control and compliance. New Zealand offers a distinctive, systemic alternative to school self-evaluation, with developmental and negotiated approaches ingrained throughout the education system, from school inspection to major government schooling improvement initiatives. In New Zealand there is no national testing, other than a Ministry-sponsored (voluntary) formative assessment system designed for school and teacher self-evaluation. This is a form of professional and program evaluation where there is shared power and responsibility between evaluators and those being evaluated. Through a detailed national case study of New Zealand, together with commentaries from international specialists, this volume examines the successes and challenges of this approach to programme evaluation and its generalizability to other educational and professional review settings, and show how education systems can recover a balance between an achievement agenda and a focus on educational quality. ER -