Development of Entry-Level Competence Tests: A Strategy for Evaluation of Vocational Education Training Systems

Autor/inn/en	Schutte, Marc; Spottl, Georg
Titel	Development of Entry-Level Competence Tests: A Strategy for Evaluation of Vocational Education Training Systems
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 6 (2011) 3, S.285-299 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.2304/rcie.2011.6.3.285
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Field Tests; Foreign Countries; Labor Force Development; Human Resources; Vocational Education; Evaluation; Test Construction; Models; Expertise; Workshops; Test Wiseness; Labor Standards; Malaysia; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Praxisübung; Ausland; Arbeitskräftebestand; Humankapital; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Evaluierung; Testaufbau; Analogiemodell; Expert appraisal; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	Developing countries such as Malaysia and Oman have recently established occupational standards based on core work processes (functional clusters of work objects, activities and performance requirements), to which competencies (performance determinants) can be linked. While the development of work-process-based occupational standards is supposed to have a positive effect on human resource development and economic prosperity, a continuing problem is associated with the evaluation of such standards. Evaluation of occupational standards has two angles of interest: (a) competence assessment (considering approval of workers); and (b) matching analysis (considering the difference between standard and work-process structures). The working hypothesis of this article is that occupational entry-level tests, an established means of competence assessment, can be utilised for matching analysis - that is, item development and field tests can provide qualitative and quantitative feedback about the relationship between standard structures and the requirements of current work-process structures. The article reflects experiences from the Sultanate of Oman. In particular, the text describes the strategy of (classical) test development and presents exemplary results. The final conclusion is that test development is a feedback mechanism and a decision-making resource linking prospective standards with the status quo in VET systems and related economic sectors. (Contains 6 figures, 1 table and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10