The document summarizes an OECD review of evaluation and assessment frameworks in Sweden. It finds that Sweden has a well-established approach built on trust and school autonomy, but could better integrate components like student assessment, teacher appraisal, and school and system evaluation. It recommends Sweden develop a strategic framework, increase the reliability of national assessments, strengthen teacher appraisal and its link to school evaluation, and improve system monitoring by mobilizing existing data.

1. Image: dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Deborah Nusche Policy Analyst Education and Training Policy Division OECD Directorate for Education Stockholm – 7 December 2011 OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: SWEDEN

2. OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes

8. OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes

10. OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes

12. The Evaluation and assessment framework

15. Student assessment

17. Teacher appraisal

19. School evaluation

21. System evaluation

24. Where to go from here? 5 suggestions

25. School evaluation System evaluation Student assessment Suggested next steps (1): Establish a strategic plan or framework for E&A Take stock and map all the existing elements of E&A and clarify purposes Clarify responsibilities and encourage cooperation Follow up with competency descriptions and training Identify underdeveloped elements and missing links (e.g. how teacher appraisal and school evaluation can reinforce each other) Map existing tools and support to optimise practices Teacher appraisal The improvement of teaching and learning should be at the centre

27. Teacher appraisal Country Examples? Chile: The Good Teaching Framework provides clear guidance to all aspects of the teaching profession Australia: Appraisal gives access to Advanced Skills Teaching Positions New Zealand: professional body of teachers holds the lead role in defining teacher standards

29. Increase reliability of national assessments Country Examples? New Zealand: The National Education Monitoring Project Denmark: Computer-based assessments provide rapid feedback Queensland, Australia: Moderated internal assessments

30. School evaluation Self evaluation Municipal evaluation Inspections System evaluation Student assessment Suggested next steps (4): Further develop internal and external school evaluation Maintain and reinforce the improvement focus Learn from successful schools across Sweden To identify these, need to develop reliable national assessment system Continue to refine quality indicators for school evaluation Teacher appraisal Further strengthen schools’ self evaluation capacities Provide additional training resources Continue to focus inspections on this aspect

31. School evaluation Country Examples? Hong Kong Learning from innovating schools New Zealand: collaborative school evaluation model Scotland: Web-based resources for school self-evaluation, based on the Inspectorate’s Evaluation framework

32. School evaluation System evaluation Municipal Central Student assessment Suggested next steps (5): Strengthen education system monitoring and mobilise existing data Further build evaluation capacity at central and municipal levels - Knowledge management nationally - Capacity building at the municipal level Improve mobilisation of existing information Explore ways to more reliably monitor education outcomes at the system level Teacher appraisal

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