The Evaluation Indicator System for High-Quality Balanced Compulsory Education at Provincial Level:An Exploration by Using a Social Network Analysis Approach
With all the counties successfully completing the essential supervision and assessment for balanced development in compulsory education,China's compulsory education has entered a phase characterized by high-quality and balanced progress at the county level.The advancement of high-quality and balanced compulsory education at the provincial level,deemed a national imperative and a crucial avenue for superior balanced development,requires immediate prioritization and the establish-ment of a relevant assessment index system.Currently,both national and local governments have made commendable efforts in evaluating the high-quality balance of compulsory education at the county lev-el.However,the existing framework is still imperfect,lacking practicality,and there are no reference metrics for assessing the quality balance at the provincial scale of compulsory education.Employing social network analysis,this study identifies and retains 52 core indicators.It categorizes the distribu-tion of educational resources,government guarantee,and education quality as"primary indicators"to preliminarily establish a comprehensive indicator system for high-quality balanced compulsory educa-tion at the provincial level.To operationalize this indicator system,two crucial steps are essential:de-termining the weight of indicators and establishing criteria for interpretation.Regarding the practical application of the indicator system,it is recommended that national evaluations should focus on provin-cial discrepancies,inter-provincial variances,and annual variations,interpreting them comprehensive-ly alongside other monitoring outcomes.Local evaluations should consider the local context to"rede-fine"the assessment framework,thereby creating a unique and dynamic indicator system.
compulsory educationhigh-quality balance within the provinceevaluation indicator sys-temsocial network analysis
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