Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Finnish Vocational Education and Training

Autor/inn/en	Räisänen, Anu; Räkköläinen, Mari
Titel	Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Finnish Vocational Education and Training
Quelle	In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 21 (2014) 1, S.109-124 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-594X
DOI	10.1080/0969594X.2013.838938
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Educational Assessment; Outcomes of Education; Secondary Education; Job Skills; Vocational Evaluation; Summative Evaluation; Formative Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Sekundarbereich; Produktive Fertigkeit; Finnland
Abstract	This article provides an outline and critical review of assessment, an evaluation of learning outcomes, in vocational education and training (VET) in Finland. Assessment of VET is formative, development-orientated and criteria-based. There are no national tests and information from vocational skills demonstrations is used instead. Assessment targets are individual and communal learning focusing on processes instead of reports. Interactive, multifaceted assessments and qualitative methods promote learning and are based on trust--not control. The developmental assessment of learning outcomes started as an experiment in 2002 and as a permanent system in 2007. The whole process has been included and still includes also many challenges of methods, which this article tries to open. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10