Open Society Institute Education Support Program
Call for application for the external evaluation
of the South East Europe education InitiativeApplication deadline: September 20th, 2010
Evaluation brief/TOR
Advancing Education Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative Preliminary Assessment of ImpactObjective of the evaluation study
The major aim of the study is to develop an evaluation theory in view of:
- evaluating the overall implementation process and achievements of the different stages of the multi-annual initiative;
- assessing the outputs, and medium-term outcomes of the initiative using as point of reference the initial initiative framework;
- documenting the principal lessons learnt in the implementation of the multi-stakeholder partnership approach to systematic data collection and site intervention undertaken as part of the initiative;
- appraising ways in which the initiative impacted on national education policies and legislations related to the provisions for the parental involvement in the selected countries,
- undertaking case study analysis on the ways in which school level activities have affected the school policies and practices on the parental involvement in the school governance and learning/teaching process.
Application procedure:
Please send by September 20th, 2010 the following documents:
- Letter of interest that states clearly evaluation/research skills available and experience in the education sector, and understanding of the general education issues;
- CV;
- Evaluation concept that contains formulation of the research methodology and work plan;
- Example of previous evaluative work if available (e.g. evaluation report).
Duration of the study: October 2010 – December 2010
Deliverables:
- Evaluation theory and proposed assessment instruments and work plan;
- Draft evaluation report for the first stage by the end of November 2010;
- Final report by December 15th, 2010.
