Publications in English

A Comparative Analysis of Systematic Quality Work in Nordic Higher Education Institutions

webmaster — 2005-05-10T12:25:00Z

A Comparative Analysis of Systematic Quality Work in Nordic Higher Education Institutions - NOQA project report 2004/2005

A Key to Change: School Improvement through Self-evaluation

cdb — 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

In 2000 EVA initiated a pilot project in the primay school with a dual purpose:

developing methods to be used in future evaluations
contributing to quality development in the schools sytems concerned.

It is the result of the process thst is presented in this publication, wich is a translation of the danish version. It is seen as an inspiration to teachers, school heads and others who work with quality development in the primary school.

A Method for Mutual Recognition: Experiences with a method for mutual recognition of quality assurance agencies

webmaster — 2002-12-04T12:55:00Z

The five Nordic countries have cooperated systematically in the field of higher education quality assurance for about ten years now. In practical terms this has meant that the representatives of the respective national quality assurance agencies have convened once a year to annual meetings where new projects have been initiated, evaluated and completed. The cooperation has been constructive and good-spirited throughout the existence of this unofficial network of the Nordic countries.

This report is the latest result of this joint effort and one that, according to the Steering Group of ENQA, may well be of interest to our European colleagues, as well. This is why the Steering Group decided that this particular report should be published in the ENQA publication series.

Agricultural Science - International Comparative Evaluation of Agricultural Science related BSc Programmes

webmaster — 2002-11-07T09:00:00Z

This report contains a cross-border comparative evaluation of agricultural science related programmes offered at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark, University College Dublin, Ireland, University of Hohenheim, Germany, and Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Audit of University of Copenhagen

webmaster — 2004-12-02T13:55:00Z

Auditeringen skulle bl.a. munde ud i tydelige, fremadrettede anbefalinger til hvordan man kan udvikle et sammenhængende og konsistent kvalitetssikringssystem der kontinuerligt sikrer og udvikler uddannelsesaktiviteter på alle niveauer.

Children's perspectives on language assessments

smr — 2011-01-14T14:00:00Z

The study has partly been conducted with reference to article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which stipulates that children must be involved in decision-making on those issues which affect them, and partly on the basis of epistemological considerations about the necessity of involving child perspectives so that children can contribute to studies with unique knowledge about their own lives.

The study has collected specific methodological experience in involving children's perspectives on their lives at their daycare centre by using video footage of language assessments, questionnaires for children etc. The fact that the study has voiced children's experiences in test situations regarding language assessments has also brought new attention to the interpretation of language tests and has provided new options and possibilities for the professionals working with the children.

The project is part of a larger study on language assessment of three-year-olds and follow-up language interventions carried out by the Danish Evaluation Institute in 2009 and 2010.

This paper was presented under the proposal entitled “Studies of child perspectives - methodological experience and new knowledge about language assessment of three-year-olds” (Ref.0102) at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) 2011 in Limassol, Cyprus.

Computer Science - International Benchmarking of Danish Computer Science

webmaster — 2006-05-31T22:00:00Z

Formålet er:

at alalysere kvaliteten af uddannelserne
gøre rede for styrker og svagheder.

International panel

Benchmarkingen er fortaget af et internationalt panel der også har været med til at udarbejde kriterierne for benchmarkingen.

Criteria based evaluations - EVA's experience in evaluations based on criteria

cdb — 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The publication will, among other things, illustrate the following issues:

What is the added value of criteria based evaluations compared to evaluations that do not make use of explicit criteria?
Which new elements of methods does this type of evaluation generate in EVA's evaluations, and to what extent is it compatible with a fitness-for-purpose approach, i.e. an approach based on the aims and principles defined by the educational programmes themselves?
Who sets the criteria and how is embeddedness safeguarded with the central players in the evaluation?
How do you avoid that criteria based evaluations lead to standardisation and limited new development of the evaluated programmes?
How is the aspect of development best safeguarded in the evaluations?

Danish Institute for International Studies

webmaster — 2008-12-11T00:05:00Z

This evaluation provides an assessment of the extent to which the mission, vision and objectives of the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) are fulfilled.

The evaluation analyses the strategic development and aims of DIIS and the expediency of DIIS strategy. It does so by focussing on DIIS organisation and activities with regard to research, policy studies, teaching, dissemination and networking.

The analyses, assessments and recommendations are the responsibility of an international panel of distinguished experts from the academic and practical fields of international studies.

Development of methods of self-evaluation in the Danish school sector

cdb — 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z

This paper will focus on self-evaluation as a method for quality enhancement and on the presentation of a pilot project aimed at developing evaluation methods adapted to the Danish school sector and discuss the following question:

"What importance can self-evaluation derived from a model adapted to the Danish Folkeskole, have seen in a quality enhancement perspective – and what part can self-evaluation play in an external evaluation that also aims at accountability?"

Educating leaders

webmaster — 2008-10-30T14:40:00Z

Rapporten rummer en analyse af kvaliteten af KLEO's diplomuddannelse i ledelse og identificerer uddannelsens styrker og svagheder.

Benchmarkingen tager udgangspunkt i en række på forhånd definerede kriterier. Et eksternt ekspertpanel har på baggrund af deres fælles erfaringer og viden fastlagt kriterierne for god kvalitet, dvs. den norm, benchmark, som uddannelsen vurderes ud fra.

Benchmarkingen indeholder også en undersøgelse blandt uddannelsens dimittender for at få indsigt i kvalifikationer, karrieremobilitet og behovet for videre uddannelse af dimittende.

Educational Evaluation around the World - an International Anthology

cdb — 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

All the contributors come from countries with considerable experience within the field of educational evaluation, and they represent different educational sectors. In concrete terms, two of the contributions cover the whole educational scene, five contributions cover higher education solely, and four contributions cover the school sector solely. The contrbuting countries are Denmark, the Netherlands , Northern Ireland, France, Hungary, Canada and New Zealand.

Frans L. Leeuw, former Chief Review Officer in the Netherlands Inspectorate of Education has accepted the interesting, but challenging task of analysing the validity of the above hypotheses. His findings are the result of an analysis of all contributions. This analysis constitutes Part One of the anthology.

Educational Evaluation: Tools for internal quality assurance

cs — 2010-01-19T10:00:00Z

This paper elaborates on descriptions of quality assurance and quality development, and it presents the thoughts behind two different tools which EVA has developed for the fields of primary and lower secondary education, and upper secondary education.

Effect Study: Fact Finding Study

cdb — 2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

The effect study was conducted as part of the action plan 2002 for the Danish Evaluation Institute (EVA) and was motivated by a desire from among others the committee of representatives of EVA to review the effect of the evaluations conducted by EVA. The fact finding report presents the effect study and its findings.

Equity through interventions - paper for ECER 2009

webmaster — 2009-09-29T10:00:00Z

This paper addresses some of these questions with the point of departure in a project being carried out in collaboration with a school district in the suburbs of Copenhagen.

The project

The project deals with how the patterns that reproduce and produce inequality of opportunity, and especially the link between social background and educational achievement, could be rearranged and broken. The intention is to develop methods and strategies in cooperation between The Danish Evaluation Institute (EVA) and a school district in the suburbs of Copenhagen.

The program staff consist of teachers from a local kindergarten, a local school and a schoolbased leisure-time activities facility, as well as representatives of the administration.

Paper presented September 2009

The paper is presented for the Inclusive Education symposium at the ECER Conference in Vienna, September 28th-30th 2009. Find further details on the conference here .