Natia Andguladze

Direction:Education
Position:Associate Professor

Natia Andguladze is an associate professor at Ilia State University School of Education. She is also affiliated with the National Assessment and Examination Center (NAEC). At NAEC, Natia works on national and international assessments and other research projects in the area of teacher appraisal and school evaluation. Natia previously held the position of Head of Research Division at the Ministry of Education and Science. She holds Phd in Education from Ilia State University and Master of Education from Harvard University. During the last ten years, Natia has co-authored various national education sector policy review projects and participated in national education sector and sub-sector strategy development initiaties together with colleagues from the Ministry of Education and Science and international and bilateral agencies.

Scientific interests / research interests

Dr. Andguladze’s current research projects are Public Perceptions of Equity and Fainess in Education in a Post-Soviet Society, and Building School Evaluation Culture: interaction of external pressures, support, and school culture. Her current research interests are concentrated around application of educational assessment in education governance and administration and cultural and structural aspects of equity in education.

Selected Publications

Andguladze, Natia and Jennifer Flemming. Resilience in Return to Learning During COVID-19: Georgia Case Study. United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2021. https://www.eccnetwork.net/sites/default/files/media/file/Resilience%20In%20Return%20to%20Learning%20During%20Covid-19%20Georgia%20Case%20Study.pdf
Andguladze N., Gagoshidze T., Kutaladze I (2020) Early Childhood Development and Education in Georgia: Results from Multiple Indicator Cluster Study. UNICEF https://www.unicef.org/georgia/media/5796/file/Early_Development_Report_EN.pdf
Andguladze, N., and I. Mindadze. 2018. “Standard Setting in Georgia: The Unified National Examinations.” In Examination Standards: How Measures and Meanings Differ around the World, edited by J.-A. Baird, T. Isaacs, D. Opposs, and L. Gray, 133–151. London: University College London Institute of Education Press.
Andguladze, N. and Mkrtchyan, A. 2014. Changing dynamics in the governance of education: a comparative analysis of emerging issues and reforms in developing countries : South Caucasus, s.l.: UNESCO Regional Reviews on Education Governance.
Andguladze N., Mindadze I. (2015) Georgia. The Education Systems of Europe: Global Education Systems (eds W.Horner et al.), Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 293–304.
Chakhaia L, Andguladze N., Janelidze A. (2014) Identities, cultural capital, educational choices and post-communist transition: an ethnographic study of Georgian youth. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Volume 14, Issue 2, 2014

Selected conference presentations

Association for Educational Assessment-Europe, Assessment Cultures in Globalized World; Prague, November 9-11, 2017 2017; Presenter, School self-evaluation in Georgian schools: how organizational culture and context affect schools’ assessment policy
International Association for Education Assessment, IAEA, 43th Annual Conference Assessment as a Social Lever; Batumi, October 1-6, 2017; Presenter, Social Dimension of University Admission Exams in Georgia: Equity in Access to Higher Education
Oxford University, Setting Assessment Standards Symposium; 28-30 March, 2017, Oxford; Presenter: Setting Standards in Georgia
International Association for Education Assessment (IAEA), 42nd Annual Conference: Assessing the Achievement of Curriculum Standards; An Ongoing Dialogue; 21-26 August 2016, Cape town, South Africa; Presenter: Can Students Tell How Good Teachers Are? Frame of Reference Effects on the Validity of Students’ Feedback about Teaching Effectiveness
Science po, Third International Conference on Reforms in Higher Education; 27-29 January, 2011, Paris; Co-presenter: Reforming University Funding in Georgia: Is Student-Based Financing the Answer?
Hochschul Informations System/EUROSTUDENT: Closing the gap - New data on the social dimension of higher education in Europe; 15-16 June, 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark; Presenter: The particular challenges of assuring equitable access to higher education in the wider European Higher Education Area

Journal Article Reviews

Frontiers in Education, Exploring Sense of Belonging in HEI. March-April, 2024.
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, The uses and misuses of standardized high stakes examinations-Assessment Policy and Practice in Georgia. September, 2020

Current Courses

Introduction to Education Research;
Doctoral Colloquium 2;
Doctoral Colloquium 3;
Action Research;
Master's Thesis -Education Management
Research Methods in Education

Course Catalog

Research methods in Education, spring semester, master’s
Introduction to Research Methods, Spring semester, master’s
Research Practicum, Spring semester, master’s
Research methods in social sciences, autemn semester, master’s
Action Research, Spring Semester, master’s
Quantitative Research Methods, spring semester Semester, master’s
Research Methods in Education, autemn semester, bachelor’s
Policies and practicies in Teacher Appraisal, Spring Semester, master’s