Apples to Oranges: Benchmarking Vocational Education and Training Programmes

Autor/inn/en	Bogetoft, Peter; Wittrup, Jesper
Titel	Apples to Oranges: Benchmarking Vocational Education and Training Programmes
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 28 (2017) 2, S.191-216 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bogetoft, Peter)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
DOI	10.1080/09243453.2016.1247731
Schlagwörter	Benchmarking; Vocational Education; Models; Postsecondary Education; Vocational Training Centers; Employment Potential; Academic Persistence; Comparative Analysis; Data Analysis; School Effectiveness; Input Output Analysis; Educational Resources; Educational Indicators; Graduation Rate; Regression (Statistics); Design Requirements; Efficiency; Measurement Techniques; Foreign Countries; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Analogiemodell; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Vocational training center; Vocational training centre; Vocational training centres; Ausbildungseinrichtung; Berufsaufbauschule; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Auswertung; Schuleffizienz; Bildungsmittel; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Design preferences; Gestaltungsmittel; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Messtechnik; Ausland; Dänemark
Abstract	This paper discusses methods for benchmarking vocational education and training colleges and presents results from a number of models. It is conceptually difficult to benchmark vocational colleges. The colleges typically offer a wide range of course programmes, and the students come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. We solve the comparability problem by focusing on effects in terms of retention and employment rates as opposed to the intermediate outcomes like grades. We neutralize cost differences using alternative cost measures. And we use detailed register data to account for student backgrounds. From a methodological point of view, we combine average methods (multilevel analysis) with frontier methods. We thus combine the key methods of school effectiveness research and school efficiency and productivity research. The analyses show that the efficiency of Danish vocational colleges varies considerably. Adopting best practices could lead to cost savings of between 9 and 33%. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01