T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Quality and Evaluation in Education in Tampere Riitta Juusenaho, Research and Evaluation Manager, EdD

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T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi The Finnish education system Preschool Basic education (comprehensive school) Upper secondary schoolsVocational schools Universities Polytehcnics Specialist vocational qualifications Further vocational qualifications Work experience years compulsory school age 6 age 7 age years 3-4 years

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Evaluators in Finland Ministry of Education National Board of Education (NBE) Finnish Education Evaluation Council and The Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council Provincial covernments (Regional Councils) Municipal or municipal consortiums Schools Teachers Students/Pupils

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Principles of Evaluation in Tampere Municipality evaluates services also Evaluation involves active cooperation ( purchaser/provider) Evaluation aimes at quality Evaluation is not an act of inspection Evaluation is based on openness Evaluation promotes development Evaluation is efficient and economicall

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi The Education levels and Quality in City of Tampere Early education/Day Care (age 0-7) : Promotes children´s positive growth and wellbeing. It evens out the differences based on living conditions among children. Evaluation is local. Compulsory education ( age 7-16): Basic education must provide an opportunity for diversified growth, learning, and the development of a healthy self-esteem, so that the pupils can obtain the knowledge and skills they need in life, become capable of further study, and, as involved citizens, develop a democratic society. Also, basic education aims at increasing an awareness of the values and ways of acting that form the foundation of society and awaken desire for lifelong learning. Evaluation is local, national and international.

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi The Education levels and Quality in City of Tampere Upper Secondary education ( age 16-19): Suports the students´growht into good, balanced and educated individuals and members of society and provides them skills and knowledge needeed in further studies. Evaluation is local, national and international Polytecnics: Complementation of previous qualifications.Degree is working life oriented vocational qualification. Evaluation is local, national and international Universities: Academic degrees: Bachelor´s,Master´s, Licentiate and Doctoral degree. Evaluation is local, national and international

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi What is Quality in Education ? There is no single definition about quality. Quality is defined differently in different places,at different times and different cultures. Quality in education highlights the prosesses of education and learning. Education is quality when it achieves action based on goals. Value for money-thinking Better quality means that organisation is able to reach better the goals it has been set.

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Success in Pisa ( Program for International Student Assessment) Quality is based on:Educational system, students´own interests and leisure activities, highly educated teachers and well- respected education Equality means: All children in Finland are provided the same opportunities to learn, the obstacles to learn are tackled by special teachers, an atmosphere of lifelong learning- and learning to learn. Quality Equality

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Pisa in Finland (Program for International Student Assessment) This is also a problem What about the talented students? Only 5 % of the variation between pupils’ performances can be explained by the schools in Finland (Pisa) Finnish girls perform exceptionally well. Boys did very well, too (Gender gap especially in reading skills, literacy) Do we treat girls and boys equally in schools? Our school system produces very small variation (successful students- the least successful students)

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Evaluation programme for General Upper Secondary school in Finland ( by Finnish Education evaluation Coucil) Based on assessment of student achievement (mathematics, mother tongue,art, literature) Students acquire skills and knowledge in order to move on to further studies ( matriculation examination). Students need also learning to learn- skill in their further lives.

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi Evaluation programme for vocational education ( by Finnish Education Evaluation Coucil) Provides support for education providers and developers, political decisionmaking and educational goal-setting. Topics like structures of qualifications, co-operation between upper secondary education and vocational education, curricular system, learning in the workplace, evidence-based assessment, adult learning, equality in learning, national learning outcomes…

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi National evaluations System evaluations Situation evaluations Thematic evaluations - strucutre of qualifications… -the state of swedish- speaking education, the state of basic education… -learning in the workplace, basic education in art,

T A M P E R E E N K A U P U N K I – T A L O U S - J A S T R A T E G I A R Y H M Ä Tietotuotanto ja laadunarviointi ”You don´t follow the social reality by evaluation, You create it! ” prof. Peter Dahler- Larssen