Effects and side effects of inspections and accountability in education: an overview of empirical studies
By I. D. de Wolf, F. Janssens. 2007
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This paper presents an overview of studies into effects and side effects of control mechanisms in education. We focus on effects and side effects of inspection visits and public performance indicators. A first conclusion is that the studies do not provide us with a clear answer to the question of whether inspections have positive causal effects on the quality of schools. Results of studies of publications on public performance indicators are more unambiguous. They lead us to the conclusion that although principals and teachers believe performance indicators are important, parents and pupils take very little notice of these indicators when choosing schools. A third conclusion concerns the occurrence of side effects of school inspections and other control mechanisms in education. Several of the studies discussed clearly refer to the existence of these side effects, such as ‘window dressing’ and other types of ‘gaming’.
Subfields: Education, Information Systems and Management, Management Science and Operations Research
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- Does accountability pressure through school inspections promote school improvement? (2015, background): “In the meantime, literature reviews have been produced which try to organize and evaluate the findings (see, e.g., De Wolf & Janssens, 2007; Ehren et al., 2013; Ehren & Visscher, 2008; Husfeldt, 2011; Klerks, 2013; Kotthoff & Böttcher, 2010; Luginbuhl, Webbink, & De Wolf, 2009).”
- School self-evaluation and student achievement (2009, background): “Western European research findings (Chapman & Harris, 2004 ; De Wolf & Janssens, 2005 ) also indicate that more is to be expected from the internal SSE process than from an external focus.”