A comparative study of the procedures of drawing up external evaluation reports on secondary education institutions in countries of the European Union and Romania [articol]

Abstract

The education management must be seen as a science operating on educational activities via an optimal global or strategic approach, and also as a model of performance management, applicable at the level of education institutions. The purpose of this study is to offer a summary on the theoretical basis of the concepts of performance management and quality assurance in education, through a comparative analysis of quality systems in education in European states and Romania. Starting from the hypothesis that, if each educational institution is grounded on a set of guidelines resting on values and principles, known and adhered to by all factors involved in the system, this entails quality education delivered via an efficient management, we have set up an analysis of procedures, instruments and ways of drawing up the external institutional evaluation report, in a comparative approach between European and Romanian secondary education systems.