MONITORING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY THROUGH PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR SCHOOL PRACTICE

This article discusses the management of quality in education systems. Indicator systems are discussed in the section that follows and the r elationship between indicators, development and accountability is addr essed in the context of the strategic management of improvement in sch ool systems. A system of indicators developed to monitor the effective ness of practice is then discussed. The final sections of the paper di scuss these indicators in serving a dual purpose of school development and quality management. These indicators were developed to continuous ly monitor and review the quality of the education provided for studen ts. Information from the monitoring of the effectiveness of school pra ctice and functioning is discussed in the final section.