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Title
Systems of scrutiny and audit: evaluation of vocational education and training in the United Kingdom
Author
Ecclestone, Kathryn
Summary
Founded in 1971, Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) is an intergovernmental framework allowing the co-ordination of nationally funded research on a European level. COST Action 11 investigates different aspects of flexibility, mobility and transferability of vocational competencies. Working Group 5 focuses on aspects of evaluation and assessment of these attributes in Member States of the European Union (EU). This paper is one of a series of national reports highlighting various procedures, strategies, approaches and projects with regard to evaluation and/or assessment in vocational education and training (VET). British systems of educational assessment and arrangements to evaluate them have undergone significant changes over the last decade. Trends in formal systems of evaluation and assessment of learner achievement are characterised by increased standardisation based on pre-defined outcomes and criteria. Assessment and evaluation arrangements are becoming increasingly 'harmonised' between education and training sectors, designed and administered by government agencies. This paper provides an overview of the main features of evaluation systems in the United Kingdom (UK) and current debates about evaluation. The author examines the purposes and types of evaluation in education and training systems, aspects of evaluation in four official evaluation systems currently affecting VET in the UK, agencies involved in research and evaluation, the implications of evaluation systems for flexibility, mobility and transferability, and ongoing research projects.
Summary
The volume from which this paper is taken is indexed at TD/TNC 67.267. Selected papers are indexed from TD/TNC 67.268 to TD/TNC 67.279.
Materials/Technique
Report, paper or authored book
Subject
Vocational education and training
Subject
Assessment
Subject
Evaluation
Subject
Research
Subject
Governance
Subject
Skills and knowledge
Publication Date
2000
Language
eng
Type
Printed material- Monograph
Audience
Unknown
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