eprintid: 1496142 rev_number: 34 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/49/61/42 datestamp: 2016-07-25 12:42:31 lastmod: 2021-11-23 00:59:01 status_changed: 2016-07-25 14:12:28 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Janssens, FJG creators_name: Ehren, MCM title: Toward a model of school inspections in a polycentric system ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J82 keywords: Networks of schools; Network evaluation; Polycentric governance; School inspections note: Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The published version of record is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149718915300136 abstract: Many education systems are developing towards more lateral structures where schools collaborate in networks to improve and provide (inclusive) education. These structures call for bottom-up models of network evaluation and accountability instead of the current hierarchical arrangements where single schools are evaluated by a central agency. This paper builds on available research about network effectiveness to present evolving models of network evaluation. Network effectiveness can be defined as the achievement of positive network level outcomes that cannot be attained by individual organizational participants acting alone. Models of network evaluation need to take into account the relations between network members, the structure of the network, its processes and its internal mechanism to enforce norms in order to understand the achievement and outcomes of the network and how these may evolve over time. A range of suitable evaluation models are presented in this paper, as well as a tentative school inspection framework which is inspired by these models. The final section will present examples from Inspectorates of Education in Northern Ireland and Scotland who have developed newer inspection models to evaluate the effectiveness of a range of different networks. date: 2016-06 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.03.012 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1132772 doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.03.012 lyricists_name: Ehren, Melanie lyricists_id: MEHRE33 actors_name: Ehren, Melanie actors_id: MEHRE33 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Evaluation and Program Planning volume: 56 pagerange: 88-98 issn: 0149-7189 citation: Janssens, FJG; Ehren, MCM; (2016) Toward a model of school inspections in a polycentric system. Evaluation and Program Planning , 56 pp. 88-98. 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.03.012 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.03.012>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1496142/7/Janssens%20et%20al%20Toward%20a%20model%20of%20school%20inspections%20in%20a%20polycentric%20system%20AAM.pdf