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Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
Building evaluation capacity in educationNSW ECoP Conference, September 2015
CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATION WWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU 2
CESE was created in 2012 to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and accountability of education in New South Wales
CESE Advisory Council
NSW Department of Education
Strategy and Evaluation
NSW Minister for Education
Strategic Delivery
Communications and Engagement
Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
Program Management
Office
Business Intelligence/Information Management
Statistics EvaluationStrategic Analysis
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Strong governance is crucial as education moves from a commissioning model to an in-house evaluation model
Other good-practice principles also need to be considered
External In-house
Building evaluation into programs
Evaluation expertise / capacity
Uptake of recommendations
Input from stakeholders
Transparency
A sliding scale of independence
(Statutory) independence
Self-evaluationIn-house (?)Commissioned (?)
Strong governanceWeak governance
CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATION WWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU
Dr John Ainley (Chair)Principal Research Fellow, and former Deputy CEO (Research) ACER
Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AOAuthor of 2008 review into Higher Education
Professor Deborah BrennanProfessor, Social Policy Research Centre, The University of NSW
Professor Shane HoustonDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), The University of Sydney
Dr Caralee McLieshAssociate Secretary, Resource Allocation, NSW Treasury
Leslie LobleDeputy Secretary, External Affairs & Regulation, NSW Department of Education
Dr Lisa O’BrienCEOThe Smith Family
Professor Andreas Schleicher (France)Special Advisory on Education Policy to the Secretary General, OECD
Robert Schwartz (USA)Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, Harvard University
Professor Peter Shergold ACChancellor, University of Western Sydney
Dr Brian Stecher (USA)Associate Director, RAND Education, Senior Social Scientist, RAND Corporation
Professor Magdalena Mo Ching Mok (Hong Kong)Chair Professor of Assessment and Evaluation, Departmentof Psychological Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
The Advisory Council is a valuable source of independent advice from national and international experts
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The Council’s Terms of Reference are publicly available
http://www.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/stories/PDF/Advisory_Council_governance_120215.pdf
CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATION WWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU
CESE has three core responsibilities
provide data analysis, information and evaluation that improve effectiveness, efficiency and accountability
create a single access point to education data
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build capacity across whole education sector
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1. Our publications and websites make complex data and other evidence available to a range of audiences
Capacity building for evidence based decision making
Majorstrategic projects
Producing new in-depth analysis and assembling
the evidence base
Strategic evaluations
Evaluating major programs across the education spectrum
Literature reviews
To inform major policy initiatives, such as Great Teaching Inspired
Learning and the Rural and Remote strategy
Technical reports
Papers targeted at a more technical audience; at times
supporting shorter publications
CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATION WWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU
Information for Schools2. The (outward-facing) DataHub and (inward-facing) Business Intelligence (BI) tools bring data together sources with intuitive reporting and data visualisation capability
78datasets
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3. CESE is co-designing a capacity building program with Schools Division for delivery over the next 18 months
School leaders School teachers Leaders in Early Childhood
Policy and program officers
Executives (Director and
above)
BI
Existing
Proposed
Evaluation reportsEvaluation reports
PD modules for aspiring
Highly Accomplished
teachers
Guidance material for
school planning
‘Train the trainer’
around data use and
evaluation
BI
DataHub
Evaluation coaching
Tailored training & coaching