TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers' opinions on quality criteria for Competency Assessment Programmes
AU - Baartman, L.K.J.
AU - Bastiaens, T.J.
AU - Kirschner, P.A.
AU - Vleuten, van der, C.P.M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Quality control policies towards Dutch vocational schools have changed dramatically because the government questioned examination quality. Schools must now demonstrate assessment quality to a new Examination Quality Center. Since teachers often design assessments, they must be involved in quality issues. This study therefore explores teachers’ opinions on assessment quality evaluation criteria. Pre-vocational and vocational teachers (N=211) responded to a questionnaire. Contrary to expectations, results show that teachers deem classical and competency-based quality criteria equally important. Vocational teachers gave higher importance scores than pre-vocational teachers, possibly due to the pressure they experience to improve the quality of their assessments.
AB - Quality control policies towards Dutch vocational schools have changed dramatically because the government questioned examination quality. Schools must now demonstrate assessment quality to a new Examination Quality Center. Since teachers often design assessments, they must be involved in quality issues. This study therefore explores teachers’ opinions on assessment quality evaluation criteria. Pre-vocational and vocational teachers (N=211) responded to a questionnaire. Contrary to expectations, results show that teachers deem classical and competency-based quality criteria equally important. Vocational teachers gave higher importance scores than pre-vocational teachers, possibly due to the pressure they experience to improve the quality of their assessments.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2006.04.043
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2006.04.043
M3 - Article
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 23
SP - 857
EP - 867
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
ER -