Research and analysis

The quality of school governance: defining and collecting metrics

Research into whether it is possible to design and collect metrics measuring the quality of governance in the school system.

Applies to England

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The quality of school governance: defining and collecting metrics

Details

The study aimed to:

  • establish a set of criteria showing whether a governing board is effective or not
  • assess the quality of governance in a sample of schools through an external review of governance (ERG)
  • compare the results of the ERG and survey to test whether the survey correctly measured the quality of governance
Published 12 July 2017