School evaluation in the context of this chapter can be defined as the collection, analysis, and interpretation of information about any aspect of a program of education for improvement (Ellington et al. 1993; Kurban and Tok 2018). Alternatively, school evaluation is a training that forms part of a recognized process of judging schools’ effectiveness, its efficiency, and any other outcomes it may have (Patton 1987; Ellington et al. 1993). School evaluation can also be referred to as the means of judging the success of a schools’ performance based on the criteria in an evaluation framework (e.g., DoE 2002; Sanders 2001).
Whole-school evaluation in this chapter can be broadly referred to as a collaborative and transparent process of making judgments on the holistic performance of schools, measured against agreed national criteria (DoE 2002). It is a collaborative process because external evaluators and school management teams, teachers, learners, and parents take part in the.
