Innovation on the margins of the external evaluation of Portuguese schools

Lídia Serra*, José Matias Alves, Diana Rafaela Soares

*Autor correspondente para este trabalho

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Resumo

Accountability is a tool to support school cultures focused on continuous improvement and promoting education quality. This article presents a study developed in Portugal regarding the external evaluation of schools operated between 2018 and 2021. The study, supported by documentary analysis of 60 external evaluation reports, combines qualitative and quantitative methods to understand whether there is an effect between the strengths and improvement areas and the evaluation assigned by the Inspectorate. The results suggest that a robust strategic vision and mobilising leadership are transversal predictors of all the schools' evaluation domains. Other predictors are academic outcomes, teaching and learning-focused self-assessment, deepening self-evaluation practices, active teaching and learning methodologies, and commitment to inclusion. Some correlations presented problematic levels of consistency. No relationships were found between school evaluation and the factors regarding innovation. Thus, innovation appears as a marginal dimension of the school's reality with no relevant impact on the external review.
Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (de-até)60-84
Número de páginas14
RevistaInternational Journal of Innovation and Learning
Volume37
Número de emissão1
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicado - 2025

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