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Moritz G. Sowada

Moritz G. Sowada has extensive publishing experience in the field of educational evaluation. This includes twelve book chapters, three journal articles as well as his PhD thesis titled: “One Cannot Leave It Undecided”: On the Dynamic Production of Scoring Decisions in the School Inspection Process. This provides him with intimate knowledge of the field and enables him to continue making substantial contributions. Additionally, he is managing editor of the diamond open-access journal “On_Education. Journal for Research and Debate”, a reviewer, symposium organiser and presenter at national and international conferences.

Evaluating Schools

Evaluating Schools

This book provides an analysis of how inspection teams evaluate schools – especially how they decide on assigning scores. It shows how the governance of schools through evaluation is enacted pragmatically. With its focus on the practice of evaluation by a group of external experts, it contributes to the expanding interdisciplinary field devoted to studying phenomena of the ‘evaluation society’ spanning from assessment research to programme evaluation, from the psychology of decision-making to the sociology of valuation and evaluation.

Evaluating Schools

Evaluating Schools

This book provides an analysis of how inspection teams evaluate schools – especially how they decide on assigning scores. It shows how the governance of schools through evaluation is enacted pragmatically. With its focus on the practice of evaluation by a group of external experts, it contributes to the expanding interdisciplinary field devoted to studying phenomena of the ‘evaluation society’ spanning from assessment research to programme evaluation, from the psychology of decision-making to the sociology of valuation and evaluation.