national education evaluation and development unit roles and responsibilities presentation to...

NATIONAL EDUCATION EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Presentation to

Parliamentary Portfolio Committee22 May 2012

Functions of NEEDUIdentify factors that:

inhibit school improvementadvance school improvement

Evaluate:how DBE and PDEs monitor schools;how DBE and PDEs support schoolsquality of leadership, teaching and learning in schools

Make proposals: for improving school quality

Publish reports: on the state of the education system

MISSION

NEEDU’s mission is to facilitate school improvement through

systemic evaluation

NEEDU’s approach

Align and synergise

National

Strategic discussion with:DGCurriculum: CAPSAssessment: ANALTSM: Workbooks

Individual discussions with each of the above

Evaluations

Assess how province monitors & supports schools

Assess how 1 district does the same

Assess 8 schools in district

Recommendations: S → D → P → N

Follow up (+ 1 year) S → D → P → N

2012 Programme

This year: Evaluation 1 district and 8 schools in

each province

Three year cycle:

Method1. Interviews • Two fieldworkers x 2 days in each school x 6 hrs/day

= 24 person hrs: • Interview principal and all members of SMT: 7h• Interview SGB Chair or senior member: 1h• Analyse school level records: 1h • Interview as many teachers as possible, max of 12– include analysis of teacher records and learner

books: 12h • Total: 21 person hrs

2. Documentary evidence• Learner books: topics covered, on how many days was

writing done, quality of writing (eg words, sentences or paragraphs in language; single step or multi-step in maths)

• Year plan: how many weeks (38-40)? does it follow the curriculum?

• Assessment records (Teacher, school)• Book inventory• Teacher attendance register• Minutes of meetings: SMT, SGB• School logbook (especially for visits by district officials)

3. Data analysis

• Triangulation

– The same questions are asked of all the teachers and of all SMT members:

– when interviewee accounts differ, arrive at the truth by reading across the interviews;

– examples of events add credibility;– documentary evidence is paramount

4. Description

• Descriptive, don’t judge• Objective, don’t pontificate

5. Recommendations

Few in number and directed specifically to: • DBE, especially ANA, CAPS, workbooks• Province: systems for monitoring and supporting

work of districts• District: systems for monitoring and supporting

teaching and learning in schools• Within the school: – Principal– SMT– Teachers