scholarly journals Red Beads and Profound Knowledge: Deming and Quality of Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Lohr
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Profound Knowledge ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
Statistical Science ◽  
Quality In Education

Value-added models are being implemented in many states in an attempt to measure the contributions of individual teachers and schools toward students’ learning. Scores from these models are increasingly used for high-stakes purposes such as setting compensation, hiring or dismissing teachers, awarding tenure, and closing schools. The statistician W. Edwards Deming wrote extensively about improving quality in education and the damage caused by performance rankings. We examine uses and misuses of value-added models in the context of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, and discuss contributions a Deming-based perspective and statistical science can make to improving education.

scholarly journals THE STANDARDS FOR ENSURING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN KOSOVO ACCORDING TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS OF THE HIGH EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Sc. Safet Krasniqi
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Capacity Enhancement ◽  
The People ◽  
Level Of Consciousness ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
European Standards ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Quality In Education

Ensuring the existing capacities as a basic condition for a quality education, in education is connected in the beginning with a level of consciousness that captures in itself the need of educational planning building. These mechanisms despite that they are legal it has also to do with building up the capacities through twinning projects, funded by EU. The planning process has started by the SWOT program. The analyses showed weak points for ensuring the quality in education and they are separation of responsibilities between institutions. What is indispensable in Kosovo, it is building mechanisms to ensure quality assessment. The methods used in this paper are more research of materials and less comparative as far as the course and previous actions in Kosovo education. It is approved and entered into effect the law for education and capacity enhancement in Kosovo that aims supplying the people of all ages with professional knowledge. During the theses paper we are going to elaborate wider many theoretical and practical issues which deal with intentions, strategies and European standards which coordinate possibilities of accomplishment of objectives and ranking Kosovo education within education of European countries.

scholarly journals Coaching as a global approach to the development of skills in various fields including HORECA and academics

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 05012
Author(s):  
Peter Seemann ◽  
Zuzana Stofkova
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Coaching Activities ◽  
Coaching Approach ◽  
Education Process

Research background: The paper deals with coaching as one of the methods of developing a manager's personality in many fields including the Horeca sector and academics. Academic field also faces challenges like decreasing number of applicants, little application of graduates in the studied fields and quality of education process too. Purpose of the article: The aim of the research was to analyze the awareness and interest in the coaching approach in the HoReCa sector. The purpose was to find out whether managers perceive the existence of coaching as one of the possible approaches to the development of a person's personality. Furthermore we wanted to show the possibilities to embody coaching approach also to academic field. Methods: Within the research for quantitative survey methods, a questionnaire is most often used, in which it is important to obtain the necessary number of answers from respondents. Other methods belonging to this group are experiment or observation. An interview was used in the article as well as analysis of current coaching activities in academia. Findings & Value added: From the achieved results of the questionnaire survey, it is possible to confirm several facts. It was found that the interest in coaching approach among managers in the HoReCa sector is present because more than half of the respondents answered in the affirmative, i.e. that they are interested in coaching. Respondents clearly think that coaching is a suitable method of developing a manager's personality. Some coaching activities e.g., workshops also took place in the academic field.

Convergence of Quality Assurance Paths in Romanian Universities

2014 ◽  
pp. 413-434
Author(s):  
Valentina Mihaela Ghinea
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Careful Revision ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
Quality In Education ◽  
The Relationship

When it comes to the quality of education, despite the general adhesion related to its importance, one can notice a number of opinions frequently contradicting themselves. The intention of delimitating, systemizing, and prioritizing the multitude of quality facets simply enhances the criticism. These circumstances prompt a more thorough analysis of the quality in education. Focusing on the perspective of the European Higher Education, this chapter proposes a set of convergence indicators that are able to capture the relationship toward which universities evolve. The indicators are then tested against the opinion of several experts from Romanian Higher Education Institutions, analyzed, and subjected to careful revision based on the respondents' answers.

scholarly journals Problems of Assessing the Quality of Education Using Test Certification Procedures

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
A.V. Fokina
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
System Testing ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
The Real ◽  
High Stakes Tests ◽  
Final Exams

In the modern educational system testing has become one of the prevailing methods for assessing students' knowledge. The procedures for test certification of schoolchildren, especially the so-called “high-stakes tests,” which have a decisive influence on the trajectory of post-school education, are still debatable. In studies, the problem of misalignment of test indicators and the real educational level of the student is discussed, the presence of procedural and substantive shortcomings in the tests is stated. Article is devoted to the overview of the difficulties encountered by participants in the educational process in preparation for the exams. Such trends in final exams' critic as distrust to the exam procedure, procedural and content shortcomings, difficulties in preparing graduates for exams are discussed. It also describes the author's methodic of exam readiness diagnostic. It's based on the educational result’s esteem. The form of the methodic is given.

A Study on the Impact of Faculty QWL on Quality of Education in Academic Institutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Sekhar Patro
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Members ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Satisfactory Life ◽  
Quality In Education ◽  
The Impact

Quality Education is a dynamic and multi-dimensional concept that refers not only to the educational model, but also to the institutional mission and its goals, as well as to the specific standards of the system, facility, program or event. In today's competitive market, the academic institutions need to focus explicitly on providing quality education to the students with the help of experienced academicians. The quality in education would increase when the faculty members are having a better quality work life and this can be possible by providing better welfare facilities to them by the institutions. Welfare facilities enable the staff members to live a quality and more satisfactory life. These facilities also help to keep their motivation levels high. The present paper identifies components that impact of QWL on the quality of education in those institutions and measure their performance using DEA approach. The study investigates the existence of QWL programs in academic institutions in order to retain valuable faculty members as it also influenced on the QOE.

Assumptions of Value-Added Models for Estimating School Effects

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 492-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean F. Reardon ◽  
Stephen W. Raudenbush
Keyword(s):  
Functional Form ◽  
Value Added ◽  
School Effects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interval Scale ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Observable Data ◽  
Unbiased Estimates

The ability of school (or teacher) value-added models to provide unbiased estimates of school (or teacher) effects rests on a set of assumptions. In this article, we identify six assumptions that are required so that the estimands of such models are well defined and the models are able to recover the desired parameters from observable data. These assumptions are (1) manipulability, (2) no interference between units, (3) interval scale metric, (4) homogeneity of effects, (5) strongly ignorable assignment, and (6) functional form. We discuss the plausibility of these assumptions and the consequences of their violation. In particular, because the consequences of violations of the last three assumptions have not been assessed in prior literature, we conduct a set of simulation analyses to investigate the extent to which plausible violations of them alter inferences from value-added models. We find that modest violations of these assumptions degrade the quality of value-added estimates but that models that explicitly account for heterogeneity of school effects are less affected by violations of the other assumptions.

scholarly journals mutu pendidikan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
SRI DIANA PUTRI
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Educational Structures ◽  
Quality In Education

Education is very important for the continuity of the development of a nation, for that we need to find a way for action to be taken right in improving practical education and also academics in the era of blood autonomy and also autonomy in education. For this reason, it is necessary to apply a number of management principles so that education in Indonesia is of higher quality, such as the efficiency of internal and external education, good governance can also affect education in Indonesia. for this reason, it is necessary to apply several approaches so that education runs according to what is expected (1) increasing institutional capacity and all programs in the education sector can be implemented, (2) developing the quality of education through inputs, processes and results based on regional autonomy (3 ) benefits and impacts of basic education on regional autonomy. therefore the need for educational autonomy in supporting quality education because of the benefits of educational autonomy such as (1) Dependence on the central government both in funding, facilities, human resources, and also curriculum which causes less creativity of blood because it is too dependent on the central government. (2) There are demands for reform in the education sector (3) There are demands from parents, community participation, business, labor associations to participate in controlling each activity and assessing quality in education processes and expenditures. (4) Educational structures can also affect in the education process if the centralized educational structure will have an impact on the lack of community participation and also the inability in existing bureaucracy to respond to all needs and demands to improve the quality of education in the era of educational autonomy.

scholarly journals Education Reforms for Equity and Quality: An Analysis from an Educational Ecosystem Perspective with Reference to Finnish Educational Transformations

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-35
Author(s):  
Hannele Niemi
Keyword(s):  
Educational Reforms ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Teacher Education Policy ◽  
Reading And Math ◽  
Quality In Education

The article starts with the serious question of why educational reforms do not lead to better learning. Although access to education has increased remarkably, the quality of education can be very low. The reality is that by 2030 there will be 800 million young people who do not have basic skills in reading and math. The answers will be sought from the concept of the educational ecosystem and how different subsystems, such as curriculum system, evaluation systems, teacher education policy, and the labour market, should be interconnected, and the systemic changes supported by all these subsystems. The basic conditions are that different actors and stakeholders work in collaboration, there are active interactions within and between different subsystems for supporting both equity and quality in education. Educational reforms are complex processes and need diverse partners and governance in which trust is present. The article also provides a brief case description in Finnish contexts of how educational reforms have been implemented in the frame of the ecosystem concept. In the end, the article summarises how educational ecosystems could help in overcoming global learning crises.

“Houston, We Have a Lawsuit”: A Cautionary Tale for the Implementation of Value-Added Models for High-Stakes Employment Decisions

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 350-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Paige ◽  
Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Employment Decisions ◽  
Independent School District ◽  
Procedural Due Process ◽  
Value Added Models ◽  
Federal Constitutional

Until recently, legal challenges to the use of value-added models (VAMs) in evaluation and teacher employment decisions in federal court had been unsuccessful. However, in May 2017 a federal court in Texas ruled that plaintiff-teachers established a viable federal constitutional claim to challenge the use of VAMs as a means for their termination in Houston Federation of Teachers v. Houston Independent School District. Houston represents a significant departure from prior federal court rulings that upheld the constitutionality of VAMs to terminate teachers on the basis of poor performance. The Houston court found that the districts’ refusals to release the underlying data of VAM ratings used to terminate those teachers violated the teachers’ procedural due process rights. By denying access to the code, teachers could not protect against the government’s making a mistaken deprivation of their property right to continued right to employment. The authors discuss Houston and its potential impact, limitations, and significance.

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