School Development Evaluation Tool (SDET)
Enhancing and supporting professional discussions for school development and analysing school improvement
What is the School Development Evaluation Tool?
The purpose of the tool is twofold:
- To be used by teachers and leaders to enhance and support professional discussions about school policy and/or evaluations of the schoolwork in connection with school development.
- To serve as an analytical tool in studies on school improvement.
The theoretical background of the tool is based on concepts of individualised learning, democratic and student-centred practices and the school as a learning community.
The tool consists of six main strands:
- Internal structure and leadership
- Policy making, internal evaluation and professional development
- Physical learning environment
- Students
- Teachers
- Parents and community relations
Each strand includes several categories. The development of each category is described using a five-point scale of sequential stages.
The first stage outlines 20th century school practices in Iceland. The 5th stage outlines a vision of the future for school practices with reference to ideas regarding individualised and cooperative learning, learning in democracy and/or the school as a learning community.
School Development Evaluation Tool instructions (English)
School Development Evaluation Tool (English)
If you are interested in finding out how the School Development Evaluation Tool (SDET) was used across different contexts (e.g. type of space, age range, country etc), please read the SDET overview which can be found in the Resources section:
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Instructions and tool in other languages
School Development Evaluation Tool in Swedish
Instru莽玫es da Ferramenta de Avalia莽茫o do Desenvolvimento Escolar (Portuguese)
Ferramenta de Avalia莽茫o do Desenvolvimento Escolar (Portuguese)
Evalueringsredskab til skoleudvikling. Instruktion (Danish)
Bewertungsinstrument f眉r Schulentwicklung - Anweisungen (German)
