Improving educational performance

Effective self-assessment is an important contributor to improving educational performance. It enables an organisation to identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as to:

• Gain knowledge that leads to actual, worthwhile improvements for the organisation and its stakeholders including learners
• Value the diversity of staff and the contribution each member makes to the organisation
• Engender trust between stakeholders through working together to identify and meet needs
• Value lessons learned from mistakes
• Identify, clarify and instil beliefs
• Challenge assumptions and knowledge, seeking improved methods and processes
• Develop an environment that encourages innovation and creativity.