Greek Education Policy in Times of Memoranda: the Case of Teacher and Schools Evaluation

Abstract

This paper attempts to investigate the effects of the financial crisis on the legislation adopted by the Greek Parliament in the period 2010-2019 related to the evaluation of the educational project. In particular, (a) the Memoranda signed by the Hellenic Parliament and the country's commitments to the institutions of the European and global economic order (European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund) on the educational policy on the subject of evaluation (b) presents the state of play of formulating and implementing the legislative framework adopted by governments in the period 2010-2019 and (c) investigates the type of evaluation of educational work promoted in relation to the technocratic and pedagogical models that have prevailed in international literature. The work concludes that the regulatory framework voted for at this time tends to apply pedagogical assessment models, but still retains technocratic elements within it, a condition which contradicts the views of the educational community.