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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
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