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Monitoring and evaluation : Being clear in your own mind

There is a danger in treating monitoring and Monitoring
evaluation as one thing when they are in fact two
distinct processes. Many schools find themselves Evaluation
‘over monitoring’ and ‘under evaluating’. It is critical
that leaders adopt an evaluative stance to their
monitoring. Without this there is little point in
monitoring.

Monitoring Monitoring involves ‘checking’ and gathering information.
The outcomes from monitoring form an evidence base.

Evaluation Evaluation ultimately involves asking the question, ‘Is it good enough?,
resulting in a judgement.

Evaluation often involves these kind of questions: 9
- What does our evidence tell us?
- Are standards high enough?
- Is progress fast enough?
- What difference is teaching making?
- How do we change teaching to accelerate progress?
- Are resources being used to best effect?

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