The standards also more explicitly guide improvement of schools when used by the
Inspectorates of Education to evaluate schools and to provide feedback on those areas of
work that need to be improved upon. The use of differentiated school inspections is
considered to enhance this mechanism as weak schools are visited more frequently and
are given more feedback on areas that need to be improved. As strong schools have a
track record of delivering good education and are expected to have incorporated
inspection standards into their daily operations, inspection resources and feedback in
the Netherlands, England, Sweden and the Czech Republic are allocated to, or intensified
for weak schools to make sure these schools use the standards to guide their work.
The feedback includes recommendations on priorities for future action by the school
with respect to the standards and offers a challenge and impetus to act where improvement
is needed. Interventions in, and feedback to, failing schools are aimed at repairing
any shortcomings as soon as possible. Inspectorates of Education expect schools in
general to be willing and able to use the feedback to improve