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Hult, Agneta; Segerholm, Christina – Accountability and Educational Improvement, 2017
A cadre of school inspectors with different backgrounds visit thousands of schools annually in Sweden as is also the case in several other European and other nations. Do these inspectors believe that they 'make a difference'? In this chapter we elaborate on inspection effects as they are perceived by Swedish inspectors and inspection managers at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Policy, Inspection
Education Scotland, 2019
In 2017, Education Scotland introduced a new model of inspection of local authorities. These inspections focused on how well the nine challenge authorities within the Scottish Attainment Challenge are improving learning, raising attainment and closing the poverty-related attainment gap. HM Inspectors carried out the nine inspection visits between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
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Kemethofer, David; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric; Altrichter, Herbert – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2017
In recent years, school inspections have been newly introduced or adapted to the evidence-based governance logic in many European countries. So far, empirical research on the impact of school inspections has produced inconclusive results. Methodologically, it has mainly focussed on analysis of a national inspection model and used cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences