Benchmarking for School Improvement: A Practical Guide for Comparing and Achieving Effectiveness

ISBN-13: 9780415256667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 184 str.

Tony Kelly

Opis

Whereas a business can measure its effectiveness by reference to the profits it makes or fails to make, a school or college is a more difficult enterprise in which to gauge the extent to which the institution has achieved its aims. Current OFSTED inspections judge schools against national or local averages, whereas businesses judge themselves against the best business. This practical guide helps senior management teams of schools or colleges, to undertake their own benchmarking, with an aim to increase effectiveness and improvement. Tony Kelly looks at the different types of benchmarking and what should be benchmarked and why. He discusses the possibility of forming a benchmarking partnership with another organization which is acknowledged to be better performing. He also addresses the process of forming a benchmarking team within a school or college. Practical guidance is provided on techniques such as making an effectiveness comparison, targeting for improvement, and producing target-setting tables and benchmarking comparison charts. The content of the book has been based on extensive research from the UK and overseas.

Recenzje

'Critics would say that it comes close to saying that if it can't be measured, it's not improvement. And what about context ...? Kelly defends himself on both counts. Schools into benchmarking will want to read him.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Introduction to Effectiveness and Benchmarking 2. Critical Processes: Why and What to Benchmark 3. Internal and External Non-competitive Benchmarking: Forming a Consortium 4. Forming a Benchmarking Team Within an Organisation and Collecting Data 5. Making an Effectiveness Comparison 6. Redesign and Targeting for Improvement 7. Target-Setting Tables; Conclusion

O autorze

Tony Kelly works at the University of Cambridge, School of Education. He was formerly a Headteacher, where he was involved in developing new systems of school governance. His academic interests include effectiveness in management and organisations