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What are the strategic challenges behind the implementation of accountability in education policies?
Monday, 25 May 2009
9 am Opening
Olivier Faron, Director of ENS-LSH ; Serge Calabre, Director of INRP ; Olivier Christin, President of University Lumière Lyon 2 ; Michel Lussault, President of Lyon’s Higher Education and Research Hub
Presentation of the seminar
Jean-Louis Derouet, UMR Éducation & Politiques
Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers’ College, Columbia University, CPRE
9.45 am First session
National strategies for 21st century learning: standards, assessment and accountability
President: Matthis Behrens, Director of IRDP (Institute for Research and Pedagogical Documentation)
- Susan Fuhrman, Teachers College, Columbia University, CPRE. No Child Left Behind and beyond. Abstract / Slides.
- Gordon Stobart. Institute of Education, University of London. Policymakers’ appropriation of formative assessment and how do we ‘reappropriate’ the spirit of assessment for learning in the UK. Abstract / Slides.
2 pm Second session
The use of assessment in school management and improvement
President: Daniel Vitry, Directeur de l’Évaluation de la Prospective et de la Performance. Ministère de l’Éducation nationale (Head of the Department for Evaluation, Performance, and Forecast)
- Brian Annan. (School Improvement Manager, New Zealand Ministry of Education). School improvement strategies in New-Zealand. Abstract.
- James Spillane. Northwestern University, CPRE. Coupling School Administrative Practice with External Regulation and the Technical Core: The Role of Organizational Routines. Abstract / Slides.
- Xavier Dumay, Université Catholique de Louvain. Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la socialisation, l’éducation et la formation (GIRSEF). Evaluation of and support to schools in England and Sweden: two school improvement models? Abstract / Slides.
7 pm Reception at Lyon’s town hall
Tuesday 26 May 2009
9 am Third session
The place of assessment in teacher professional development
President: Gilles Baillat, Directeur de l’IUFM de Champagne Ardenne, Vice Président de la Conférence des Directeurs d’IUFM (Head of the Conference of Teacher Training Colleges)
- Leslie Nabors Olah, University of Pennsylvania, CPRE. Assessments and pedagogical readjustments: The use of interim assessments in two US school districts. Abstract / Slides.
- Helen Timperley, Auckland University. Teacher professional development in New Zealand. Abstract / Slides.
- Mariano Fernández Enguita, University of Salamanca. Professionnel models and attitudes towards evaluation. Abstract / Slides.
- Marian Robinson. Teachers College, Columbia University, CPRE. The role of School Inquiry Teams in NYC schools in diagnosing and addressing student and school performance. Abstract / Slides.
2 pm Fourth session
Building capacity for data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement
President: Jean Richard Cytermann, Inspecteur Général de l’Administration de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Recherche. Adjoint au Directeur Général pour la Recherche et l'Innovation (Chief Inspector and Deputy-Head for Research and Innovation at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research)
- Margaret Goertz, University of Pennsylvania, CPRE. School and district supports for interim assessment in two US school districts. Abstract / Slides.
- Romuald Normand, UMR Éducation & Politiques (INRP, Université Lumière Lyon2). The gap between decision-making and school improvement in the use of data at school level. Abstract / Slides.
- Fritz Mosher, CPRE. Building capacity for instructional practice: the CCII project. Abstract.
5 pm Conclusion
Susan Fuhrman, President of Teachers’ College, Columbia University, CPRE
Jean-Louis Derouet, UMR Éducation & Politiques (INRP, Université Lumière Lyon2)
