The development of the evaluation method in the Italian school system

Most of the industrialized countries are more and more adopting a new educational policy which implies rising attention to the quality of results of the educational and didactic work. The aim of this paper is presenting, through a case study, a possible method of self-evaluation, which is adoptable by the Italian school system but which could also be adopted in educational systems of other countries. The analyzed methodology emphasizes the rising differentiation of the formative offer, connected to the process of independence of the school. The originality of the work is embodied in highlighting how the process of independence of the Italian school made inevitable the passage from a logic of procedural control (attentive to the compliance of operational processes with the provisions of the law) to a logic of audit focused on results, closely tied to the appropriateness of results, with particular emphasis to the pre-arranged aims and standards.