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Evaluations of Students’ Competencies in Higher Education

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the causes and consequences of the rising degree of interest in measuring student competences with standardized tests in higher education. This has long been a policy priority in school education, though in higher education it is, in most countries, a rather new phenomenon. The article indicates four key reasons: (1) the role of defining learning outcomes in program development as promoted by curriculum research and qualification reforms, (2) the impact of quality improvement and accountability movements, (3) the controversial effect of university rankings, and a desire to counterbalance this, and (4) the changing nexus between higher education and the world of work. The author here presents key development trends, including the underlying models and values and the emerging new standards and dominant approaches. One section is devoted to the most significant international initiative in this area: the AHELO project of the OECD.

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