| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Developing Evaluation Capacities in Public Policies: Lessons From Ten Central and Eastern Europe Countries |
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Roundtable Presentation 432 to be held in Lido A on Thursday, Nov 3, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Policy TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Iryna Kravchuk, National Academy of Public Administration, irene_kravchuk@yahoo.co.uk
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| Karol Olejniczak, University of Warsaw, k.olejniczak@uw.edu.pl
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| Martin Ferry, University of Strathclyde, martin.ferry@strath.ac.uk
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| Abstract:
Aim of the round-table: to share findings and reflections about key factors and mechanisms that have been shaping the development of evaluation capacities in 10 Central and Eastern Countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary. These countries share similar characteristic of their post-communist past, bureaucratic approach to public policies and the absence of the evaluation practice at the beginning of the transformation era. In the same time, the evolutions of their evaluation capacities substantially differ. We want to show and discuss the main determinants that are behind these different paths of development.
The discussion will base on the results of the in-depth comparative analysis of the developments in the field of evaluation, in the abovementioned countries, during the last 10 years.
Target group:
experts with experience in developing evaluation capacities in public administration at the central or regional level. We hope that they will share their experience and critically comment on our findings
experts and decision-makers interested in developing evaluation capacities in the future. We hope that they will find the inspirations and get new ideas.
Discussion will address the following issues:
1. What is the starting point for building evaluation capacities in public policies?
2. What are the key success factors and mechanisms that determine evaluation capacities?
3. What are the main challenges in developing evaluation capacities and how they can be overcome?
4. What are the key factors that provide sustainability of the evaluation system?
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Teacher Evaluation in Afghanistan: Challenges and the Way Forward |
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Roundtable Presentation 432 to be held in Lido A on Thursday, Nov 3, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Policy TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Mohd Hossain Vahidi, University of Massachustts, Amherst, mh_vahidi@yahoo.com
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| Abstract:
As a result of a 'back to school' campaign in 2001 in Afghanistan, millions of children rushed to schools. Therefore, to alleviate teacher shortage, the government eased teacher recruiting. The most important challenge now is the low qualified teachers in schools. The ministry of education is currently administering teachers' competency test with two purposes: 1- to implement pay and grading scheme, and 2- to find the teachers' training needs to develop and implement in-service programs.
To study the above issues, the concepts of teacher evaluation functions - improvement and accountability - are used. When these two functions are considered in a single evaluation, they will create serious challenges. On the one hand, the improvement purpose encourages teachers to be open to share their strengths and weaknesses; on the other, they will be unwilling to reveal their weaknesses to avoid their negative job consequences. Qualitative research with in-depth interviews will be considered.
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