Publication: Supervision of Primary and Secondary Education : A Five-Country Comparison
Date
2010-11
ISSN
Published
2010-11
Author(s)
Mahfooz, Sara Bin
Hovde, Kate
Abstract
At the request of the Government of
Poland which is reforming its educational system, the World
Bank conducted a review of how five high performing
countries in the education sector provide supervision and
support to their schools. England, Finland, New Zealand, the
Netherlands, and the Republic of Korea approach supervision
and support to schools and teachers in a variety of ways;
there is no single right way and their decisions take into
account the overall organization of their education systems.
A common theme to school supervision in all five countries
is that schools are required to perform self assessments.
The criteria for supervision extend beyond issues of
regulatory compliance into questions about the quality of
school processes, context and outcomes for students. All
systems include elements of both accountability and support.
Citation
“Mahfooz, Sara Bin; Hovde, Kate. 2010. Supervision of Primary and Secondary Education : A Five-Country Comparison. Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 33. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/064c85af-edb4-5c10-89b7-2317c9964b22 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”