The use of the Cito Monitoring and Evaluation

The use of the Cito Monitoring and Evaluation System for school self-improvement in The Netherlands International Forum “EURASIAN EDUCATIONAL DIALOGUE” Yaroslavl (Russia), April 17 -19, 2013 Henk A. Moelands Director Cito International Cito, The Netherlands

Quality Assurance • Internationally – PISA – ESLC – ……. • Nationally – PPON (NAEP) – School leaving exams – …….

Quality Assurance • Internationally – – PISA ESLC ……. League tables • Nationally – – PPON (NAEP) School leaving exams ……. Accountability

Quality Assurance • Internationally – – PISA ESLC ……. – – PPON (NAEP) School leaving exams ……. Schoo. I improvement • Nationally

Quality Assurance • Internationally – – PISA ESLC ……. – – PPON (NAEP) School leaving exams ……. Monitoring and ……. Schoo. I improvement • Nationally Evaluation System

Purpose A tool for teacher and school to monitor in a reliable and systematic way: - the progress of individual learners throughout their (primary) school career - (aspects of) the quality of the school Recently Provide school boards with information about the learning outcomes of their schools

Content Consists of: - a coherent set of nationally standardized tests (paper based and computer based) for longitudinal assessment of a pupil’s achievement throughout primary education - a system for manual or automated registration of pupil progress

Instruments

Working procedure Testing component • administration • marking and interpretation Diagnostic component • collecting additional data • identifying specific problems • drawing up remedial plan Remedial component • carrying out remedial plan • evaluating remedial plan

The Dutch education system

Monitoring at individual level Grade 1 Grade 2 common scale Grade 3 e. g. length Grade 8 11

Measuring technique (IRT) Allows: • Test results that differ in content, difficulty and number of items can be compared • Monitoring over years with different tests • Position of pupil on scale to be compared with national reference group

Reporting Manually or with the help of a computer program - For each individual - For each class - For the school as a whole

PMS: Classroom related

Pupil Report

Ability scale Mathematics

PMS: School related

School self-evaluation • School Improvement • Accountability - Inspectorate - Publications of results in school plan e. g.

Cross section

Trend analysis (cohorts)

Trend analysis (grades)

PMS: School board related

Monitor

School board overview of testing period

School board trend overview

In conclusion (1) Cito’s Monitoring and Evaluation System is: • A practical tool for teachers and schools to systematically monitor the quality of education. Recently also for school boards • A system for (automatic) registration and reporting on 4 levels: • Individual pupil • Grade or cohort • School • Across schools

In conclusion (2) • 95% of the Dutch primary schools use at least one of the tests of the system for purposes of self-evaluation • Head teachers in the Netherlands regard self-evaluation as a useful and instructive undertaking • But: accompanying process take a lot of time and causes many to hesitate when it comes to actually carrying out a selfevaluation.

In conclusion (3) Please be aware: Purposes may change over time

In conclusion (3) Please be aware: Purposes may change over time

спасибо (henk. moelands@cito. nl)