Quality Assurance and Large Scale Reform: Lessons for Chile

This synthesis report begins with a brief overview of the education system in Chile and the expressed need for a national system of quality assurance. Five case studies from British Colombia, England, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Scotland are presented along with the 'twelve commandments' for effective quality assurance. The report concludes with key arguments for evidence based accountability and quality assurance. This report was created from presentations from the International seminar on "Regulatory Models and Quality Assurance Systems" held in Santiago, Chile in December 4th and 5th, 2006.