1. FinnishInstituteforEducationalResearch(FIER)!
Evaluation System in Finland and
the Future Trends
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Jouni Välijärvi, professor
University of Jyväskylä
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
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International Exhibition and Forum for Education (IEFE), Main Session
February 18-21, 2013,
Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia!
2. FinnishInstituteforEducationalResearch(FIER)!
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Intention: support - development - control
Form: formative - summative
Perspective: self-evaluation - external
Level: classroom - school - system
Information: private - public
Accountability: student - parents - policy makers
Different purposes and traditions of evaluation
8. FinnishInstituteforEducationalResearch(FIER)!
National evaluation projects
§ Immigrant Education 2012-2013
§ Synthesis of Swedish speaking Education 2012-2013
§ Early Chilhood Education 2012-2013
§ Qualification requirements’ developing process in VET
2012-2014
§ Recognition and validation of earlier learning experiences,
2014 -2016
National Board of Education: Learning outcomes on grade 9
§ Longitudinal monitoring in mathematics 2012-2013
§ Mathematics 2014-2015
§ Mother tongue and literature 2013-2014
§ Foreign languages 2012-2013
§ Health education 2012-2013
§ Home economics 2013-2014
§ Finnish as second national language 2014-2015
§ Sámi, Roma, sign language as mother tongues 2014-2015
Education Evaluation Council
9. FinnishInstituteforEducationalResearch(FIER)!
Quality criteria for basic education
§ Governance
§ Personnel
§ Economic resources
§ Evaluation
§ Implementation of the curriculum
§ Instruction and teaching arrangement
§ Support to learning, growth and well-being
§ Inclusion and influence
§ School-home cooperation
§ Safety of the learning environment