The article emphasizes the relevance of the problem to improve the quality of education, as well as the possibility of using international SACERS rating scale for this purpose. In order to show the advantages of assessing the environment of educational institutions according to the SACERS scale, a comparative analysis of the criteria for assessing educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan was carried out. At the same time, it was noted that the assessment of educational institutions with the SACERS scale has been carried out in Moscow schools since 2015. The evidence that Kazakhstan has begun to pay attention to this issue is the inclusion of the discipline "SACERS assessment of learning conditions" in the curriculum of the educational program 7M011 – Pedagogy and Psychology, Abay Kazakh Pedagogical University. Master students conduct their first studies in the discipline and provide their own conclusions and recommendations. The article also considers that the SACERS assessment scale can help to assess the educational environment of schools in the country identifying its strengths and weaknesses. Then it is possible to comply the construction of new educational institutions with international standard, so there is an oportunity to improve pupils' knowledge, involvement and creativity as well.