Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation Building evaluation capacity in education NSW ECoP Conference, September 2015

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU CESE was created in 2012 to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and accountability of education in New South Wales 2 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 StatisticsEvaluationStrategic Analysis

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU Strong governance is crucial as education moves from a commissioning model to an in-house evaluation model 3 Other good-practice principles also need to be considered ExternalIn-house Building evaluation into programs Evaluation expertise / capacity Uptake of recommendations Input from stakeholders Transparency A sliding scale of independence (Statutory) independence Self-evaluation In-house (?) Commissioned (?) Strong governance Weak governance

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU Dr John Ainley (Chair) Principal Research Fellow, and former Deputy CEO (Research) ACER Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AO Author of 2008 review into Higher Education Professor Deborah Brennan Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, The University of NSW Professor Shane Houston Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services), The University of Sydney Dr Caralee McLiesh Associate Secretary, Resource Allocation, NSW Treasury Leslie Loble Deputy Secretary, External Affairs & Regulation, NSW Department of Education Dr Lisa O’Brien CEO The 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 AC Chancellor, 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, Department of Psychological Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education The Advisory Council is a valuable source of independent advice from national and international experts

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU The Council’s Terms of Reference are publicly available

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.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 build capacity across whole education sector

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU 1. Our publications and websites make complex data and other evidence available to a range of audiences 7 Capacity building for evidence based decision making Major strategic 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 EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU Information for Schools 2. The (outward-facing) DataHub and (inward-facing) Business Intelligence (BI) tools bring data together sources with intuitive reporting and data visualisation capability 78 datasets 727,814 page views

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS AND EVALUATIONWWW.CESE.NSW.GOV.AU 3. CESE is co-designing a capacity building program with Schools Division for delivery over the next 18 months 9 School leaders School teachers Leaders in Early Childhood Policy and program officers Executives (Director and above) BI Existing Proposed Evaluation 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