Organizational Perspectives on Accountability and Learning: Cases Highlighting Innovative Practice (OPAL-CHIP)

该项目进一步开展了与问责制和学习的组织视角（OPAL）相关的工作。OPAL是一个为期三年的项目，研究孟买和加德满都的学校资助模式、问责制和学习成果之间的关系。OPAL的初步结果表明，考虑到学生的家庭背景，公立学校和私立学校在读写和计算方面的结果有很大的重叠。OPAL-CHIP以这一发现为出发点，调查那些读写和计算成绩高于预期的公立学校的学校管理实践和关系。OPAL-CHIP调查了孟买和加德满都表现优异的公立学校，考察了学习成果高的学校和正在实施创新变革计划以改善学习的学校。从这次调查中，它选择了六所学校进行案例研究，数据收集自访谈、焦点小组和学校观察。这些都是通过案例内部和跨案例的主题分析来分析的。对案例研究数据的分析用于为孟买和加德满都的教师和校长规划讲习班。在这些研讨会中，参与者将分析和讨论案例研究中的例子，重点关注学校中不同形式的问责制、过程和组织文化的关键方面。个案研究的结果也将通过简短的信息录象向一般听众传播。

This project conducts further work related to Organizational Perspectives on Accountability and Learning (OPAL), a three-year project that examines the relationship between school funding models, accountability, and learning outcomes in Mumbai and Kathmandu. Preliminary results from OPAL show that there is a substantial overlap in the literacy and numeracy outcomes in public and private schooling when taking into account students' home backgrounds. OPAL-CHIP takes this finding as a point of departure, investigating school management practices and relationships in those public schools with higher than expected literacy and numeracy outcomes. OPAL-CHIP surveys high performing public schools in Mumbai and Kathmandu, looking at schools with high learning outcomes and those that are undertaking innovative change programmes to improve learning. From this survey, it selects six schools for case study research, with data collected from interviews, focus groups, and school observations. These are analyzed using thematic analysis both within and across cases.The analysis of case study data is used to plan workshops for teachers and headteachers in Mumbai and Kathmandu. In these workshops, participants will analyse and discuss examples from the case studies, focusing on the different forms of accountability within the schooling, the processes, and key aspects of the organizational culture. Case study findings will also be disseminated to a general audience via short, informational videos.