Diversity of final tests makes school recommendations incomparable
There are now six final tests for primary education. This makes a good picture of the effectiveness of the school advice for further education virtually impossible. "There are schools that change the offer and look for tests to raise their level, in order to come out more positively with their recommended further education", inspector general Monique Vogelzang points out.
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Schools are obliged to take a final test, but are allowed to decide which one. At the same time as the introduction, this was a strict demand from the Lower House. Last year there were three: CET, IEP or Route8. Three more have now been added, Dia, AMN and Cesan.
Eighth-graders score higher or lower on the various tests, according to what appeared today investigation report of the Education Inspectorate 'The State of Education'. This makes it increasingly difficult for the Inspectorate to monitor the consequences of school recommendations.
The result of all those tests is that the advice is not consistent, not per year and not over the years. We shouldn't want that.
"We have now been able to reconstruct a comparison of the final level achieved in primary education with three final tests," says Inspector General Vogelzang. "With three more that will be impossible. The result of all those tests is that the advice is not consistent, not per year and not over the years. We shouldn't want that."
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Solutions are being looked into, to include the same anchor questions in all tests in order to paint a good picture of the final level in primary education. A stopgap measure, which makes the keys more comparable and more similar again. "But it remains difficult to keep this workable," says Vogelzang.
Also read the reaction of AObchairman Liesbeth Verheggen on the report in the message: 'Teacher shortage puts improvement in educational quality under pressure'.
