Initiatives to improve quality of education in the Kurdistan region, Iraq administration, school monitoring, private school policies, and teacher training
"The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) aims to restructure its Ministry of Education, develop a framework and implementation plan for a school quality assurance system, review the effectiveness of its monitoring and support of private schools, and assess the content and quality of in-service...
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Santa Monica
RAND
2016, [2016]©2016
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One: Introduction: Background
- Economy, Population, and Workforce
- Education
- Chapter Two: Reorganizing the KRG Ministry of Education: Literature on Organization Design
- Organization of Ministries of Education in Six Countries
- Why Reorganize the KRG's Ministry of Education?
- Proposed Organization for the KRG's Ministry of Education
- Chapter Three: Developing a School Quality Assurance System: Current Approaches to Quality Assurance in the KRI
- Characteristics of Effective School Quality Assurance Systems
- Proposed School Quality Assurance Framework.
- Implementing School Monitoring
- Recommendations
- Chapter Four: Monitoring Quality and Encouraging Growth of Private Schools in the KRI: Overview of the KRI's Private School Sector, Law, and Practice
- International Approaches to Managing Private Schools
- Recommendations for Managing KRI's Private Schools
- Chapter Five: Assessing Teacher Training: Governance and Management of Training
- Approaches to Training Planning and Delivery
- Training Programs, Participation, and Alignment with Needs
- Recommendations
- Chapter Six: Conclusion: Quality Improvement Recommendations
- Next Steps for Improving KRG K-12 Education
- Appendix: Job Descriptions for the Proposed Organization Structure
- Bibliography
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- ch. 2. Reorganizing the KRG Ministry of Education
- ch. 3. Developing a school quality assurance system
- ch. 4. Monitoring quality and encouraging growth of private schools in the KRI
- ch. 5. Assessing teacher training
- ch. 6. Conclusion
- Appendix: Job descriptions for the proposed organization structure
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144)