The use of indicators for quality development in Denmark

1. The Quality Approach in Denmark2. Indicators: concept and criteria3. Use of indicators: example Denmark4. Perspective on the use of indicators

Elements in a Quality Assurance approach

Just tools - not the truth

Indicators are:

Relevant: linked to important objectives Reliable: based on solid dataSimple: easy to interpret resultsComparable: within and among collegesFew: in number

Indicators must be:

Management

Teacher Trainee Enterprises

College

A model for Quality Assurance

Indicators

6 indicators to be used for scanning:

1. Avarage grades (marks)2. Rate of completion3. Duration of completion4. Drop outs

5. Employability rate6. Rate of further education

Parliamentary Agreement for 4 years: ”The institutions get bonus-grants”

Supplementary grants to VET colleges:

• Per student completing a program• Increase in apprenticeship • Other selected indicators on college websites

Amount of grant: app. 5% of taximeter per student

Indicators: assess providersTeachers: • Extend of further education• ICT-competences (paedagogical)

Learners: • Assesment of prior learning• Completionrate/time• Final Marks: >6 (acceptable)• Employability• Proportion continuing into further education • Evaluation results

Indicators: assess providers

Enterprises:• Number of Apprentices• Workplace experience• Employers assesment

Management:• Competences• Self–evaluation of management team• Cooperation with other colleges

MethodologyReview (feedback and procedures for change)

Evaluation and Assessment

Planning (Purpuse and plan)

Implementation

Plan for evaluations next year: public

Output: results

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If you were to assess the quality – what mark?

Average of the 7 colleges

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The college as a whole? 8,5 8,9

The teaching you get? 8,5 8,6

The social environments at the college? 8,2 8,0

The management of the college? 8,0 8,2

The college administration? 8,2 8,4

The college buildings and class rooms? 8,3 9,5

Note: 6= just passed; 8=avarage performance, 13 = excellent performance

Ex 1 Assesment of college

Ex 2: assesment of teachers

Well qualified Explain and make it interesting Engaged

4. Perspective on the use of indicators

How to qualify indicators on European level?

Data collection and validation

Instrument for:• learning• governance • funding

EU: Objectives and indicators - DK

1.Employability

2.Access

1. Unemployability according to groups (DK)2. Participation rate in IVET and LLL (DK)3. Succesfull completion rate of training (DK)

4.Schemes to promote better acces (partly DK)5.Prevalence of vulnerable groups: participation/completion/employability

3. Matchingsupply/demand

6.Mechanisms to relate developments in labourmarket VET-systems (partly DK)7.Destination of trainees 6 month after training (DK)8.Utilisation of acquired skills at the work place

4. QualityM -systems

9.Share of VET-providers applying Quality Management systems like CQAF (DK)10.Investment in training of teachers (DK)