Research Catalog

Title

Initiatives to improve quality of education in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq / Georges Vernez, Shelly Culbertson, Louay Constant, Rita Karam.

Author

Vernez, Georges

Publication

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Education, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Culbertson, Shelly
• Constant, Louay
• Karam, Rita
• Rand Education (Institute)
• Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq, sponsoring body.

Description

xxii, 144 pages : color illustrations, color map; 28 cm

Summary

"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 teacher training. To help the KRG in their efforts, RAND researchers interviewed Ministry of Education staff and reviewed the current situation; reviewed relevant literature on organization design, school monitoring, and private schools; conducted in-depth case studies of ministries of education, school monitoring, and private schools in other countries; analyzed data on KRG teachers; provided analysis and recommendations; and developed implementation guidelines"--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

[Research report] ; RR-960-KRG

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-960-KRG.

Subjects

• Educational change > Iraq > Kurdistān
• Education and state > Iraq > Kurdistān
• Teachers > Training of > Iraq > Kurdistān
• Education > Iraq > Kurdistān > Evaluation
• Private schools > Iraq > Kurdistān

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144).

Funding (note)

• Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

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.

Call Number

JFF 17-619

ISBN

• 9780833088680
• 0833088688

LCCN

2016301827

OCLC

942839121

Author

Vernez, Georges, author.

Title

Initiatives to improve quality of education in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq / Georges Vernez, Shelly Culbertson, Louay Constant, Rita Karam.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Education, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

[Research report] ; RR-960-KRG

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-960-KRG.

Funding

Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144).

Added Author

Culbertson, Shelly, author.

Constant, Louay, author.

Karam, Rita, author.

Rand Education (Institute)

Kurdistān (Iraq). Ḧikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan-ʻÊraq, sponsoring body.

Research Call Number

JFF 17-619