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Quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) in Scotland: promoting self‐evaluation within and beyond the country

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: This article looks at policy for quality assurance and evaluation in Scotland, its history and more recent developments, and in particular, at the emphasis on school self‐evaluation. It examines the history of the concept, its constituent elements and the role of the Inspectorate in establishing it. Further, the article discusses the Scottish self‐evaluation model as a means of promoting the country’s distinctive identity in education within a European frame. It discusses the role of the Standing International Conference of Inspectorates as a major forum for the transmission of ideas about self‐evaluation that illuminates the role of networks in promoting Europeanisation.

Source: Journal of Education Policy

DOI: 10.1080/02680930902734095

Authors: Linda Croxford, Sotiria Grek, Farah Jeelani Shaik

Institution: University of Edinburgh

Language: English

Topic: Educational Assessment and Improvement

Subfield: Information Systems and Management

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council