2021: Facilitating/ Strengthening Quality Assurance of Workplace-Learning through the Development of Learning Outcomes’ Standardized Assessment Tools

Project Promoter: Centrul Național de Dezvoltare a Învățământului Profesional și Tehnic (CNDIPT RO)

Project Code: 2021-EY-NVET-0001

Partner: VET Schools in Romania

The main objectives:

– Continuous support of learning outcomes’ assessment process in order to increase its relevance for the labour market;
– Improving the LOs assessment acquired by students in the practical training stages;
– Strengthening the school and social partners/labour market partnership in the field learning outcomes’ assessment in initial VET.

Results:

– A database containing 70 tests made with tested items;
– 200 new items, tested under the TRI conditions, which will be added to the item base created in the previous project “Unitary assessment of learning outcomes in order to improve the quality of learning at the workplace”;
– 1 National analysis report of the item testing process, made as a result of testing the items under TRI conditions;
– 1 booklet on testing items under TRI conditions using the jMetrik program;
– 47 teaching staff with advanced skills in the field of assessment and the use of applications dedicated to the statistical analysis of assessment results;
– 12 people from CNDIPT with improved skills in the field of evaluation of learning outcomes and the use of applications dedicated to statistical analysis, as well as improved knowledge in the field of statistics;
– 6 representatives of economic operators with improved skills in the field of evaluation of learning outcomes.

The existence of the item database and the test collection will provide real support to IPT teachers and practical tutors of economic operators in the process of ensuring the quality of the assessment of learning outcomes, in relation to the requirements of the assessment standards associated with the URI of the SPP.