Avaliação externa da escola

: uma reflexão sobre o processo de regulação na escola

Abstract

The school evaluation, in particular its external evaluation, has been the object of a profound reflection, for one believes that it encourages and consolidates the process of self-evaluation, thus raising the chances of improvement of the School.
The aim of this report is to identify the role of the external evaluation in the
improvement of a school, how it prompts the school to adopt actions and processes of change, in order to overcome its constraints and week points. This study, which was done in a school, began with the results available in the report of the external evaluation of the school, stemming from the External Evaluation and Schools Program (AEE in Portuguese) carried out by the Education and Science General Inspection (IGEC in Portuguese). It was based on the analysis of documents which define the educational action, and its aim is to analyze the impact of the AEE between two evaluation cycles. Its goals are, on the one hand, to know the implications the AEE had in the performances and outcomes of the school, and, on the other hand, to see if the AEE is itself a useful instrument for the school, if it stimulates the regulation of the educational action.
The outcomes happened to be in favor of the goals of the IGEC, since, although
it was still visible that some aspects did not really improve, the external evaluation process clearly encouraged the task of the self-evaluation of the school, and became an opportunity to improve not only the organizational development, but also the quality of learning, the academic performance of the students, and the collaborative works of the several actors that give rise to a school.

Date of Award	9 May 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Carlos Estevão (Supervisor)