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Information for Accountability

Information for Accountability. EDUCATION MANAGEMENT BY RESULTS: SCHOOL REPORT CARDS Alcyone Vasconcelos [Saliba] alcyone.vasconcelos@terra.com.br Washington, DC - November 2OO3. my objective today is . ...to present the Parana school report card :

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Information for Accountability

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  1. Information for Accountability EDUCATION MANAGEMENT BY RESULTS: SCHOOL REPORT CARDS • Alcyone Vasconcelos [Saliba] • alcyone.vasconcelos@terra.com.br • Washington, DC - November 2OO3

  2. my objective today is ... ...to present the Parana school report card: • a simple and effective tool for accountability, transparency and constituency building • applied to basic education

  3. Boletim da Escola Objectives: • ...to generate & register information • ...to disseminate information • ...to allow information to be used to improve schools

  4. boletim da escola

  5. boletim da escola

  6. boletim da escola student achievement

  7. boletim da escola student flow school characteristics

  8. boletim da escola parent survey

  9. boletim da escola

  10. boletim da escola student opinions

  11. boletim da escola school principal opinions

  12. boletim da escola • student achievement

  13. boletim da escola • student flow

  14. boletim da escola • school characteristics

  15. boletim da escola • parent opinion

  16. boletim da escola • parent opinion (continued)

  17. boletim da escola • student opinion

  18. boletim da escola • school principal opinion

  19. boletim da escola achievement levels

  20. boletim da escola

  21. Parana Boletim da Escola • 1.3 million copies for 2 thousand schools (about 1 per student)

  22. Parana Boletim da Escola • copies sent directly to residential address of teachers & headmasters • copies distributed to parents invited to workshops • copies given to teachers in all teacher training activities

  23. School Report Card • information is relative – compares school average with municipal & state averages; allows comparisons across time

  24. School Report Card • information is directed to schools – parents and professionais (in particular, headmasters)

  25. School Report Card • information is public – development followed by large distribution & dissemination program > www.pr.gov.br/cie/boletim/boletim.html

  26. School Report Card • information is available to management (all levels) – relative situation of school becomes parameter for allocation of additional, discretionary resources (time, attention, $)

  27. What does one need? • data (to generate information) • terms of reference • staff • management choice: focus on results

  28. Management Choice Focus on results -- definition • All children in school (come & stay), learning, being promoted, completing 11 grades in 11 years • primary “check point”: schools

  29. data sources • school census (every yr) • student assessment (every other yr) • household surveys (every yr) • school surveys (ad hoc) • parents survey(every yr)

  30. School Report Card “Missing link”: • “forest” = national student learning assessments (grades 4, 8, & 11) • “fruits” = student progress card • “trees” = School Report Card

  31. School Report Card • management tool (not a teaching tool) • replaced (non existent) inspection • fostered (non existent) supervision and techincal assistance by pedagogical staff (non-teaching, non-management staff)

  32. Policy Choice School improvement projects financed w/: • existing resources • additional, earmarked resources, available, on competitive bases, to finance projects defined as priority by central management (or not)

  33. Policy Choice grants for school improvement • teams of teachers, to finance teaching and learning improvement projects • parents associations, to finance upgrading of facilities • headmasters to finance maintenance & improvements

  34. School Report Card • usage is still very limited – novelty, technicalities, culture, politics, etc. • use has limitations – validity, reliability, “snap shot” approach, does not capture processes, etc.

  35. School Report Card NOT A PANACEA! • a tool that allows the practice of management by results, with community participation

  36. Parana (BR) School Report Card To learn more, contact: Alcyone Vasconcelos [Saliba] • alcyone.vasconcelos@terra.com.br

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