Promoting Education Decision Makers' Use of Evidence in Austria
This report takes stock of processes that promote the systematic use of evidence in
decision making in Austria’s education system. It builds on an online survey among
over 6500 decision makers, drawing on responses from executives in the Austrian Federal
Ministry for Education, Science and Research; regional education directorates; school
supervision and school leaders. The report identifies what it takes to strengthen
the opportunity, capability and motivation of decision makers at all levels of the
education system to use evidence effectively for their respective practice – including
teaching and quality assurance. It assesses respective strengths and weaknesses in
current processes and in opportunities available to decision makers. The report develops
possible next steps to inform further discussions.
The publication is part of OECD work on strategic education governance, which supports
countries in identifying the best ways to achieve national objectives in a context
of multi-level governance structures and complex environments. The work identifies
and promotes effective governance processes in the domains of accountability, capacity,
knowledge governance, stakeholder involvement, strategic thinking and adopting a whole-of-system
perspective. This publication will be of interest to policy makers, education leaders,
the education research community and all those interested in education governance.
Published on October 21, 2020
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