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For improvement, accountability, or the economy? Reflecting on the purpose(s) of school self-evaluation in Ireland

McNamara, Gerry orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Skerritt, Craig orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, O'Hara, Joe orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, O'Brien, Shivaun orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443 and Brown, Martin orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X (2021) For improvement, accountability, or the economy? Reflecting on the purpose(s) of school self-evaluation in Ireland. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 54 (2). pp. 158-173. ISSN 0022-0620

Abstract
This paper reflects on compulsory school self-evaluation in Ireland. It sets important historical and contemporary context by documenting the development of a culture of evaluation in Ireland throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium before charting the rise of school self-evaluation during the austere economic conditions of post-2008 Ireland. Three key reasons are proposed for the rise of school self-evaluation: the influence of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the perceived need for more accountability, and the drive towards self-managing schools. In debating the purpose of school self-evaluation in Ireland it is put forward that it is not underpinned by any single logic, but an assemblage of overlapping logics interwoven by complements and contradictions. It is concluded that while improvement is predominantly promoted in official discourse, it is accountability and economic logics that dominate
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:school self-evaluation; Ireland; improvement accountability; economics; OECD
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for Evaluation, Quality & Inspection (EQI)
Publisher:Elsevier
Official URL:https://doi.org/0.1080/00220620.2021.1985439
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors.
ID Code:29640
Deposited On:26 Feb 2024 13:59 by Melissa Lynch . Last Modified 29 Feb 2024 14:40
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