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Nayir, Funda; Brown, Martin; Burns, Denise; O'Hara, Joe; McNamara, Gerry; Nortvedt, Guri; Skedsmo, Guri; Gloppen, Silje Kristin; Wiese, Eline F. – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this research as part of an Erasmus+ funded project tilted Aiding Culturally Responsive Assessment in Schools (www.acras.eu) is to provide an exploratory analysis of survey responses related to culturally responsive assessment policies, professional development and practices that were administered to school principals in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Counties, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Policy
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McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2012
This paper attempts to provide an overview of the key assumptions underpinning the "Whole School Evaluation" (WSE) inspection policy developed in Ireland since 2003. Beginning with a documentary analysis the paper argues that the capacity to generate useful self evaluative data in schools was seen as being at the heart of the model of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Focus Groups, Inspection
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McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe; Lisi, Penelope L.; Davidsdottir, Sigurlina – Irish Educational Studies, 2011
School inspection, school self-evaluation and the relationship between them are important themes in current educational policy debates. Many education systems are seeking to find a balance between the, at times, conflicting demands for a robust, transparent and effective system of school evaluation that at the same time allows for professional…
Descriptors: Inspection, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy