Landscape of support mechanism in Norway
Landscape of support mechanism in Norway

Author(s): Roald Jensen, Dag Sørmo
Subject(s): Education, State/Government and Education
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Norway: landscape; support mechanism; education;
Summary/Abstract: Quality development is closely linked to quality assessment. At national level, a system of quality assessment administered by the Directorate of Education (Utdanningsdirektoratet) has been established. The overall objective of the national system of quality assessment is to contribute to quality improvement at all levels of basic education, in terms of customized education and improved learning outcome for the individual pupil. The quality assessment system will furthermore contribute to openness, transparency and dialogue around the school’s activities and provide information to the education sector as a basis for decisions, founded on documented knowledge about the local and national situation. Locally, the system should form a basis for assessment and development work through facilitation for assessment and follow-up of results on the part of school owners and school leaders. It is intended as the basis for quality improvement in each school. “The different parts of the test and assessment system aim to meet different needs. The system makes it possible to see relations that may provide more information about the education than the individual test and evaluations alone” (UDIR, 2010).

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