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On the Impact of the Dutch Educational Supervision Act: Analyzing Assumptions Concerning the Inspection of Primary Education
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Ehren, Melanie C. M.; Leeuw, Frans L.; Scheerens, Jaap – American Journal of Evaluation, 2005
This article uses a policy scientific approach to reconstruct assumptions underlying the Dutch Educational Supervision Act. We show an example of how to reconstruct and evaluate a program theory that is based on legislation of inspection. The assumptions explain how inspection leads to school improvement. Evaluation of these assumptions is used to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Elementary Education, Supervision, Educational Change