AbstractThe aim of this work is to learn more about the Expert Review Group (ERG), a small but powerful team of bureaucrats in Western Australia’s Department of Education whose role is to inspect the quality and standards of pre-K to year 12 government schools. Critical education policy analysis is utilised. Iterative understandings were developed through historical and contemporary document analysis of legislature, policy documents, department reports, academic journal articles, media reports and social media information. This study makes transparent why the ERG was created and how it functions today. ERG school inspections are of proportional, risk-based type, targeting only those schools operating extraordinarily below or above the official measurements of adequate school performance. Very limited public analysis of the ERG had been undertaken prior to this study; thus, the data explored here are original and new to the public record. The ERG’s work and influence have expanded over its first decade of operation. However, there is no publicly available evidence that draws a link between ERG inspections and subsequent improvement in school performance for any ERG-inspected school.

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专家审查小组对西澳大利亚州教育中的学校检查政策进行了调查

摘要这项工作的目的是了解有关专家审查小组（ERG）的更多信息，该小组是西澳大利亚州教育部的一个小型但功能强大的官僚团队，其作用是检查幼儿园至12年级官立学校的质量和标准。运用批判教育政策分析。通过对立法机关，政策文件，部门报告，学术期刊文章，媒体报告和社交媒体信息的历史和当代文件分析，形成了反复的理解。这项研究使创建ERG的原因及其今天的运作方式变得透明。ERG学校检查是按比例的，基于风险的检查，仅针对那些在适当的学校表现的官方衡量标准之下或之上运行的学校。在这项研究之前，对ERG的公众分析非常有限；因此，此处探索的数据是原始的，也是新的公开记录。在运行的第一个十年中，ERG的工作和影响已经扩大。但是，没有任何公开可用的证据在任何ERG检验的学校中将ERG检查与随后的学校绩效改善之间建立联系。