Abstract:

The performance evaluation system is one of the elements of the New Public Administration approach which is put forward to make valid the principals of business management in the public sector. Based on the literature and the opinions of the school administrators, the operability of the performance evaluation system is reviewed and discussed in this study. With the survey made within the study, the school administrators’, worked in the common public schools in the 2012-2013 school year in Afyonkarahisar city of Turkey, on the performance evaluation system are tried to be determined, taking into consideration the teacher evaluation and the operation of the performance system aspects of it. According to the results deduced from the findings of the survey, the school administrators partly agree with the opinions that the division of teachers to the career stagesprovokes them to improve their abilities and increases their motivation for work. The gender and status at work parameters significantly change the opinions. The women administrators, compared to the men and the administrators who are master teachers, compared to the ones who are just teachers, have more positive opinions about the division of teachers to the career stages. The surveyed administrators agree positively above the mean with the statementsthat constitutes the factor of performance system operation in education, thosestate the idea that the performance evaluation can be applied objectively, justly, and to increase productivity of workers. When the scale used in the survey is taken into consideration, the school administrators agree positively at mean with the performance evaluation system in the area of education. There is a significant difference between the opinions of the school administrators about the performance system according to their teachership status. The school administrators who are master teachers have more positive opinions about this issue, compared to the ones who are just teachers. According to the qualitative data reached by the survey, most of the people who have declared their opinions written (14 ones) doubt whether or not the performance evaluation system can be applied justly, objectively and sufficiently. Keywords: Performance appraisal system, education, educational administration, efficiency in education.

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