OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has high levels of educational attainment and performs similar to other Western Balkan economies in international assessments of student learning, like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). However, large shares of students in BiH continue to leave s...

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Autor principal: Guthrie Caitlyn, Caitlyn (-)
Otros Autores: Perico E Santos Anna Vitoria, Anna Vitoria, Henderson Kirsteen, Kirsteen, Norfolk-Beadle Annie, Annie, Fordham Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Baucal Aleksandar, Aleksandar
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development 2022.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704947306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Executive summary
  • Raising the educational value of student assessment
  • Supporting and motivating teachers to improve their teaching practice
  • Building evaluation capacity to support at-risk schools and develop school leadership
  • Improving co-ordination around system evaluation to guide improvements
  • Assessment and recommendations
  • Introduction
  • Improving education outcomes is key to supporting inclusive growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina A complex education governance structure presents challenges for reform efforts
  • Performance on international assessments reveals a need for BiH to raise learning outcomes and address equity concerns
  • Spending on education is higher in BiH than in other Western Balkan economies but there are significant inefficiencies
  • The majority of secondary students in BiH graduate from technical and vocational programmes but many do not master core competences
  • Evaluation and assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Policy Issue 2.1. Strengthening the educational value of student assessment. Policy Issue 2.2. Prioritising the development and implementation of external examinations
  • Policy Issue 3.2. Motivating teachers to improve their teaching practices
  • Policy Issue 3.3. Providing sufficient initial preparation to new entrants to the teaching profession
  • Policy Issue 4.2. Developing the expert advisor and school leader roles
  • Policy Issue 4.3. Using regular self-evaluation to help all schools improve their practices
  • Policy Issue 5.1. Revitalising the Conference of Education Ministers to establish a common vision for pre-tertiary education. Policy Issue 5.2. Increasing efforts to produce richer education data for BiH through increased country-level co-ordination
  • Policy Issue 5.3. Strengthening demand for system evaluation to propel system improvement and increase accountability
  • References
  • Part I Evaluation and assessment review of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1 Education systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Introduction
  • Country context
  • Political and economic context
  • Governance of Bosnia and Herzegovina is distributed across fourteen administrative units and four tiers of governance Bosnia and Herzegovina is a middle-income country, yet the economy remains largely consumption based and is vulnerable to external fluctuations
  • High unemployment rates, especially among youth, contribute to substantial emigration
  • The public perceives corruption in public administration to be high
  • Social context
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina's population is diverse
  • Migration and low fertility rates are contributing to demographic decline
  • Exclusion of minority groups persists
  • Key features of education systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Governance of BiH's education systems.