EduSkills OECD 115d ago

(Check out our webinar resources further below) Around the world, education inspectorates play a vital role in improving teaching quality and ensuring schools comply with regulatory and curriculum requirements. But are schools inspected for how they use research? Do education inspectorates themselves sufficiently use research to inform their work? And how can inspection results inform policymaking? In this OECD webinar, experts looked at practical strategies for embedding research into inspection processes, frameworks, school improvement conversations and policymaking. Speakers included: -Ruth Shinoda, Education Review Office, New Zealand -Matthijs van den Berg, Director Knowledge, Inspectorate of Education, Netherlands -Graeme Logan, Interim HM Chief Inspector of Education, Education Scotland François Staring, Analyst, Evidence Web for Education Team, OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation It was moderated by Duncan Crawford, OECD Senior Content Manager and session moderator You can read the OECD paper “How can quality assurance agencies support research use in policy and practice?” : https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/how-can-quality-assurance-agencies-support-research-use-in-policy-and-practice_086c85e2-en.html You can check out the OECD report "Everybody Cares About Using Education Research Sometimes" here 👉 https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/everybody-cares-about-using-education-research-sometimes_5ef88972-en.html You might also be interested to read the OECD paper “How can research and initial teacher education institutions strengthen research use?” via this link👉 https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/how-can-research-and-initial-teacher-education-institutions-support-research-use_7a197444-en.html More information about the OECD's Evidence Web for Education project 👉 https://www.oecd.org/en/about/projects/evidence-web-for-education1.html Other work from the OECD includes “Who Really Cares About Using Education Research in Policy and Practice?” here 👉 https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/who-really-cares-about-using-education-research-in-policy-and-practice_bc641427-en.html Resources from Matthijs van den Berg: An English website with links to documents such as our inspection frameworks and background on the Dutch educational system https://english.onderwijsinspectie.nl/ This website also contains the link to the State of Education, a yearly document in which the Inspectorate summarises their own research into education: https://english.onderwijsinspectie.nl/documents/2025/09/23/the-state-of-education-2025 Resources from STESSIE: STESSIE (Strengthening Social Inclusion in Education Across Europe) is a three-year Erasmus+ partnership that developed a freely accessible, multilingual digital toolbox to support the self-evaluation and stimulation of social inclusion in education systems and schools. The tools are designed for inspectorates, school leaders, policymakers, and evaluators, and align closely with ongoing work on equity and inclusion. All materials are available at www.stessie.eu.