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As COTAP promotes a reflective culture and         Hong  Kong has  yet  to establish  at  system  level
            the wider use of evidence and data in the school   a mechanism to collect and collate data and
            sector to inform policy and strategy formulation   evidence to inform policies and strategies.  COTAP,
            and decision-making, its own recommendations       thus, proposes that one should be set up under

            should, likewise, be data-driven and well supported   T-dataset , the dataset on the professional
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            by evidence-based information.  COTAP is inspired   development  of  the  teaching  profession,  based
            by the practice in some high-performing education   on which evidence-based analyses could be made

            systems,  such as  Australia  and Finland,  where   of  the  attributes  and  capabilities  expected  of  the
            information on the demographics (e.g. age, gender   profession at different career stages, and respective
            and race), professional qualifications and current   professional development needs could be
            work situations (e.g. post, salary and workload)   determined.  It is suggested that, as in Australia and
            and feedback (e.g.  career  aspirations,  CPD and   Finland, T-dataset  could be updated at regular
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            appraisal  issues)  are  collected  on  a  regular  basis   intervals (e.g. two to three years) to keep abreast
            to  inform  policy  formulation  and  practice.    The   of the latest developments in order to support
            Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)   informed decisions on system-level  planning  and

            of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation      review, as well as the planning, design and
            and Development (OECD) also provides a             delivery of ITE and CPD programmes for teachers
            comprehensive cross-country analysis that helps    and school leaders.  Relevant data from T-dataset PD
            participating countries to draw reference from     could also enable Hong Kong to benchmark against
            others facing similar policy challenges.           world-class practices and standards.






























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