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The Use of Reporting and Assessment Data with Regard to the Dutch Final Examinations.
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Maas-de Brouwer, T. A. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
The use of reporting final examinations in the Netherlands is described. Each October a public report is published by Cito, supplying information about the achieved level of education and describing observed psychometric qualities of the measurement instrument. General information needs are provided by the National Bureau of Statistics. (LMO)
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Information Needs
National Testing of Pupils in Europe: Objectives, Organisation and Use of Results. Poland 2009
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Sawicki, Miroslaw – Eurydice, 2008
The Polish school education system makes a distinction between two types of assessment: (1) Intra-school or internal assessment; and (2) External assessment. The idea of introducing external examinations into the Polish school education system emerged in 1992. This was directly inspired by study visits to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests
Improvement and Accountability: Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis. Guide for External Quality Assessment in Higher Education. Higher Education Policy Series 30.
Vroeijenstijn, A. I. – 1995
This guide provides advice and recommendations on designing a system of external quality assessment (EQA) for systems and institutions of higher education. Based on a Dutch national model, key features of the suggested system include: ownership by higher education institutions themselves although sanctioned by the government; primary aims of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Lesjes van de Nederlanders: Little Lessons from the Dutch to Promote Educational Quality.
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Palmer, Barbara H. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study explored quality assessment and accountability in Dutch university education. The national system of quality assurance and various models used successfully to implement it are described, and the range of apparent effects and influences of quality assurance on Dutch higher education are examined. Comparison is made with American higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment
Design of the Dutch National Assessment Program in Education.
Wijnstra, Johan M.; Eggen, Theo J. H. M. – 1987
The operational preparations for the Dutch national assessment program in education started in 1986. The program's aim is to periodically describe the contents of the curriculum in use and the attainment of 8-year-old and 11-year-old students on a national basis by means of surveys. In this paper some of the guiding principles in instrument…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers