School evaluation From evidence to decision
Farqad runs a school's self-evaluation and external evaluation on one track: it gathers the data with its own instruments and ties it to its evidence, so decisions rest on what is documented — precisely and easily.
Overview
School evaluation A continuous method for gathering and analysing a school's performance data with several instruments, judging quality against criteria set in advance, and proposing improvements.
Self-evaluation
An evaluation the school runs itself, to find its strengths and where it can improve
External evaluation
An evaluation run by an independent body, to assure quality and excellence
Goals and benefits
Six goals Farqad serves in every evaluation cycle.
Better readiness
Ready the school for external evaluation, reach excellence and keep it
Decisions built on data
Take strategic decisions on real data, not impressions
Everyone takes part
Bring stakeholders into the evaluation and improvement
Better use of resources
Make the most of the people and resources you have
Practical recommendations
Development recommendations built on documented evidence
Continuous improvement
Build a culture of continuous improvement and professional learning
Evaluation domains
Four domains the school's performance evaluation spans
School management
Planning, leading the educational process, institutional development, and the school community
Teaching and learning
Building learning experiences, teaching strategies, assessing learning, and integrating e-learning
Learning outcomes
Educational attainment, personal, health and social growth, and higher-order skills
School environment
The building and its equipment, safety and security, cleanliness, access, and how well the activities and resources fit
Evaluation instruments
The official instruments for gathering and analysing the data. Farqad handles all six — the readiness form, surveys, document analysis, classroom observation, school environment observation and interviews — alongside the national test results.
Instruments the school runs
Surveys
Learner, teacher and parent surveys, with links you activate and share
Interviews
Interviews with the principal, the teachers, the learners and the counsellor
Observation
Classroom and environment observation, with a minimum number of visits per stage
Document analysis
Analysis of the operational plans, safety and security, educational effectiveness and learning outcomes
Instruments the commission runs
National tests
The school's results on the national standard tests
The attainment test
Secondary attainment test results
Professional licences
The professional licence results of the school's staff
Other standard instruments
Tests or standard instruments the responsible body approves
How the work runs
An orderly process for both self-evaluation and external evaluation
Self-evaluation
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1
Form the self-evaluation team and set the roles
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2
Register the principal and complete the members' details
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3
Fill in the readiness form
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4
Run the instruments: surveys, interviews, observations, document analysis
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5
Analyse the results and write the self-evaluation report with its recommendations
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6
Write the improvement plan with its indicators and timetable
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7
Follow up, measure progress and update the plans
External evaluation
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1
Review the self-evaluation report and the evidence file
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2
Analyse the commission's instruments: national tests and professional licences
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3
Verification visits and interviews to confirm the evidence and the practice
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4
Issue the external evaluation report with its recommendations
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5
Align the improvement plan with the commission's recommendations
The evidence file
Farqad files every piece of evidence against its criterion, its indicator and its period, and keeps the instrument it came from — so the file stays documented and easy to review.
General details
Location, founding, ownership
Learners
Numbers, attainment, attendance, circumstances
Teachers
Numbers, subjects, qualifications, experience
The learning environment
Classrooms, class sizes, labs, equipment
Filing the evidence
Tied to criteria, indicators and period
Reports and indicators
Performance indicators and improvement plans
Document and improve your school's performance
Create the school's account and Farqad opens the first evaluation cycle, instruments and criteria included.