The following document provides an executive summary of the findings of this project:

Download: This document includes the technical report, describing the details of the three years of data collection in the six countries. It provides an overview of conceptual framework, data collection and analyses, and main results. The appendixes include the survey,…

Download: This document provides a summary of the entire project and the three years of data collection across the six countries in the project. The document includes the public report to the EU and describes the main outcomes of the…

In this video Dr. Melanie Ehren talks about the comparative results of the first year of data collection. The talk was given at a symposium at the Open University UK about ‘Governing By inspection; insights from international studies’, which took…

The review was commissioned by the Dutch Inspectorate of Education to inform their strategy development ‘Toezicht 2020’, The purpose of this review was to identify and summarize findings from international empirical research on the impact and mechanisms of impact of…

Download: This paper was written by a Dutch colleague, Marielle Klerks, and provides a very thorough and relevant summary of research into effectiveness of school inspections. The paper has not been published, but as it is often used as a…

Download:  The download above provides a summary of the year 2 results of the six participating countries on the variables in our study. Some highlights from this report: Inspected schools report (compared to non inspected schools): Significant higher levels of…

Dr. Melanie Ehren talks about the impact of school inspections on improvement of schools. Futher reading: Ehren, M.C.M., Altrichter, H., McNamara, G. and O’Hara, J. (2013) ‘Impact of school inspections on teaching and learning; Describing assumptions on causal mechanisms in…

The results of the first year principal survey indicate the time principals spend on different tasks and differences between countries in principals’ reports of inspection measures. Finally we used a path model to test the hypothesized relations in our theoretical…