During the evaluate and diagnose phase of the Improvement Cycle, schools:
- assess their performance and progress against their current School Strategic Plan (SSP)
- assess the results they have achieved, reviewing the monitoring of results in their school for the professional operation of the school and student outcomes
- evaluate existing school improvement strategies and efforts for their impact and effectiveness, bringing challenge partners on board to help identify and diagnose the root cause of areas needing attention.
The school sets out to diagnose its performance against its SSP considering the enablers and barriers.
School self-evaluation
School self-evaluation involves identifying where a school is on its improvement and development journey and understanding the impact of its previous efforts. It provides schools with a process to collect data from diverse sources to inform action for improving student and professional learning, much the same as we use student data to identify a student's zone of proximal development. School reflection and self-evaluation helps identify what is working well, what needs to continue and which areas of the school's work may need to be improved or further developed. It informs decisions relating to priority-setting, initiatives, strategies and actions for improvement.
For more information and resources, see school review process (edumail login and password required).
School reviews
As part of the Improvement Cycle, Victorian government schools undertake a review every four years to provide an independent analysis of the school's performance against the goals and targets in their school strategic plan. The formal review also evaluates the school's strengths, areas for improvement and the impact of its improvement efforts.
For more information and resources, see
school review process (edumail login and password required).
Annual reporting
Annual reporting informs parents and carers and the wider school community about the school's performance outcomes and its efforts to progress improved student achievement. The report also outlines the effectiveness of resource allocation throughout the year, as well as future directions for improvement.
The Annual Report is a legislative and regulatory requirement under the
Education and Training Reform Act 2006 and the
National Education Agreement 2008
For more information and resources, see
Annual Reporting.(edumail login and password required).