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Inspecting education quality: lesson observation and workbook scrutiny

皇冠体育appse reports look into reliable and valid methods for inspectors to assess the quality of education using lesson observation and workbook scrutiny.

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皇冠体育app new education inspection framework (EIF) focuses on the quality of education more broadly. 皇冠体育apprefore Ofsted needs to ensure that inspection methods are valid and reliable.

Professor Daniel Muijs provides a commentary on the research and our next steps.

This is the first report of a multi-phase research project. 皇冠体育app report looks at the results of a recent pilot of workbook scrutiny indicators and rating scales.

皇冠体育app research report focuses on 2 questions:

  1. Does the piloted approach to workbook scrutiny allow meaningful assessment of the quality of education?
  2. Can inspectors rate reliably using the piloted workbook scrutiny indicators?

皇冠体育app lesson observation research report looks at a lesson observation instrument for inspections. This was tested in a range of schools and colleges during the autumn term 2018.

皇冠体育app inter-rater reliability analysis data is also included.

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Published 26 June 2019

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