Education reform in a society in transition necessarily has features that differ from those observed under more stable and predictable conditions. Hungary and its schools offer many examples of the positive and negative effects of the transition towards European Union standards. It shows clearly the need for adaptable education concepts and a flexible, sensitive implementation strategy.
The Hungarian – Dutch MAG project (2003-2006) tried to find strategies that would enable Hungarian teachers, head teachers and local education officers to create adaptive education in 13 schools. The search  for adaptive education was inspired by the high numbers of children at risk that were excluded from any meaningful qualification, and by the lack of knowledge of teachers and head teachers about classroom methodologies  that could cater for the psychological and pedagogical need of these students.
The project was a successful cooperation of OKI, National Institute of Public Education in Budapest, and APS, National Centre for School Improvement in Utrecht. It was funded by MATRA, the Social Transformation Program for Central and Eastern Europe of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and by the Hungarian Ministry of Education, OKI and local Hungarian initiatives.
The objectives set at the start were achieved almost completely: small teams in lower grades in 13 schools in 4 regions create more effective learning opportunities, applying adaptive education and alternative assessment as  inspiring models. Head teachers and assistant-head teachers demonstrated to be able to support teachers, and 12 local education officers showed a genuine interest in the schools they were responsible for.
A wide variety of monitoring and evaluation methods have been used by the Dutch-Hungarian team. As a consequence the MAG project proved to be a rich learning process, both for participating educators in Hungary as well as for the Dutch consultants and trainers.

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Adaptive education and adapting schools in Hungary (pdf)