Designing and Codifying Evaluation Indexes of the Performance of Research System in Education; Case Study: Institue of Ministry of Education Studies, Using a Qualitative Approach

The purpose of the present study is to design and codify the performance evaluation indexes in the Institute of Ministry of Education studies. The study was conducted through a qualitative approach using content analysis. The population of the study included all professors and experts of the institute and also all the published documents in the research field of Education system. Using smart sampling method to achieve theoretical saturation, 8 people were chosen and interviewed. Moreover, all the identified related documents (40 documents), were studied as research samples. Data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews and content analysis forms of documents and interviews. According to the extracted codes from the content of the documents and interviews, 111 indexes were compiled. The indexes were studied in a meeting with the presence of 5 interviewees and 32 indexes were eliminated. The selected indexes were classified in different categories. Outputs and achievements with 19 indexes, outcomes with 10 indexes, resources and facilities with 6 indexes and instruction and empowerment with 5 indexes are examples of categories of performance evaluation.