It refers to an independent assessment of the quality of education. Independent assessment of the quality of education: modern challenges and best practices

The importance of the sphere of vocational education for the economy of any country is extremely high. The development of the trade and economic, investment and scientific and technical potential of the country is impossible without the main resource component - highly professional personnel. In this regard, one of the key activities of the Russian Register is an independent assessment of education quality assurance, carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and taking into account international experience.

Many universities and colleges of the country have a long history, culture, traditions and educational technologies that have been developing for decades, allowing them today to offer graduates whose competence surpasses foreign specialists to the labor market. Modern trends in the development of education and the labor market dictate requirements for educational organizations to improve the quality and accessibility of vocational education. In the context of the growing level of control and requirements for educational organizations from the state, the labor market and consumers, the demographic decline, educational organizations constantly have to prove their advantages.

The legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of education determines the trends in assessing the quality of education - professional and public accreditation of educational programs and public accreditation of educational organizations.

On the basis of the Russian Register, there is an agency for assessing the quality of education, which offers services for assessing the compliance of the quality of education both at the institutional and program levels with the requirements of international standards for management systems, European standards and recommendations for quality assurance in education ENQA, legislative requirements in the field of guarantees of the quality of education.

Russian Register offers educational organizations services in the field of independent examination of the quality of education:

• certification of compliance of the quality management system with the requirements of ISO 9001 with international accreditation RvA, a member of the International Accreditation Forum IAF, the International Network of Certification Bodies IQNet,
• professional and public accreditation of educational programs in accordance with the requirements of Art. 96 FZ-273 "On Education in the Russian Federation",
• independent examination of the quality of education in accordance with the requirements of the standard of the Russian Register Certification Association, comparable to the European standards for quality assurance of education ENQA, the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001, national and international professional standards, associations of employers, the customer,
• assessment for compliance of information security management, management of IT services required during research and development,
• certification of the integrated management system for compliance with the requirements of 2 or more standards, incl. ENQA, professional standards,
• certification of personnel (qualifications),
• integration of the above procedures - the ability to receive a comprehensive service, incl. using the transfer procedure,
• training of employees of educational organizations.

Due to the fact that the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard for quality management systems are correlated with the requirements of European standards and recommendations for the internal quality assurance of education ENQA, Russian Register can conduct a combined procedure for assessing the quality of education.

The combined procedure for certification of a quality management system and professional and public accreditation of educational programs in the Russian Register will allow educational organizations to reduce the costs (human, time, financial) for conducting an examination and receive documents:

• certificate of conformity of the quality management system to the requirements of ISO 9001;
• certificate of professional and public accreditation of the declared basic professional educational programs.

Goals and principles of work

In our work on assessing the quality of education, we are guided by generally recognized goals and principles formulated by the professional community and the principles of quality assurance in the European educational space.

For more details on the Main objectives and principles of the Russian Register for assessing the quality of education, you can find in the section of the site "Goals and principles for assessing the quality of education".

Key Documents

Institutional level of education quality assessment

Assessment of the quality of education at the institutional level in the Russian Register involves:

• independent examination of the quality of education in accordance with the requirements of the standard of the Russian Register Certification Association comparable to the European standards for quality assurance of education ENQA, the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001, national and international professional standards, associations of employers, the customer,
• certification of compliance of the quality management system with the requirements of ISO 9001 with international accreditation RvA, a member of the International Accreditation Forum IAF, the International Network of Certification Bodies IQNet,
• certification of compliance of the management system with the requirements of various international standards
• certification of the integrated management system for compliance with the requirements of 2 or more standards, incl. ENQA standards and recommendations.

Criteria for evaluation

• The criteria for assessing compliance with management system standards are reflected in the requirements of the relevant standards.
• Criteria for assessing compliance with the requirements for internal quality assurance systems in education are reflected in the ENQA standards and recommendations, part 1.
• The criteria for the examination of the quality of education (system of education quality assurance) are reflected in the requirements of the standard of the Russian Register Certification Association, comparable with the European standards for quality assurance of education ENQA, the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001, national requirements for systems of quality assurance of education, and involve an assessment of the level of maturity education quality assurance systems.

Program level of education quality assessment (professional public accreditation of educational programs)

Assessment of the quality of education at the program level in the Russian Register involves an accreditation examination of educational programs for the purpose of professional and public accreditation in accordance with the requirements of Art. 96 FZ-273 “On Education in the Russian Federation”.

Criteria for evaluation

The criteria for evaluating educational programs are reflected in the requirements of the standard of the Russian Register Certification Association, comparable with the European standards for quality assurance of education ENQA, the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001, national requirements for the quality of educational programs, and involve an assessment of the level of maturity of the educational program.

Register of educational organizations that have successfully passed the assessment of the quality of education at the institutional level

Russian Register has many years of experience in assessing the quality of education at the institutional level, i.e. assessment of intra-university quality management systems of educational organizations.

The register of certified organizations of the Russian Register contains more than 250 entries for educational and scientific organizations of the Russian Federation and CIS countries, including: National Research Technological University "MISiS", St. Petersburg State University of Communications, St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI", Southern Federal University, South-Western State University, Kursk State Medical University, Mordovian State University. N.P. Ogareva and others.

Register of educational programs that have successfully passed professional and public accreditation

There are more than 50 educational programs in the register of educational organizations that have successfully passed the professional and public accreditation of educational programs, including educational programs of the Kursk State Medical University, Mordovian State University. N.P. Ogarev, Vologda State University.

Benefits of the service for educational organizations

• Strengthening the image of an educational organization in the market of educational and research services.
• Increasing the competitiveness of an educational organization and ongoing basic educational programs in the market of educational services.
• Strengthen quality assurance and improve the quality of learning outcomes.
• Certification by the professional community and employers of the compliance of the level of training of graduates and the conditions for the implementation of educational programs with the modern demands of the labor market.

Benefits of cooperation with Russian Register

• Many years of experience in conducting work on the assessment of intra-university quality management systems of educational organizations. The register of certified organizations of the Russian Register contains more than 250 entries for educational and scientific organizations of the Russian Federation and CIS countries, including: National Research Technological University "MISiS", St. Petersburg State University of Communications, St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI", Southern Federal University, Southwestern State University, etc.
• The Russian Register is included in the register of accrediting organizations and organizations that carry out accreditation examination of educational programs for the purposes of professional and public accreditation. The register was formed within the framework of the automated information system "Monitoring of professional and public accreditation", created by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in order to provide effective information support for the process of implementing procedures for professional and public accreditation of educational programs implemented in the Russian Federation.
• The Russian Register is a full member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE - International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in HigherEducation) and the Asia Pacific Education Quality Network (APQN - Asia Pacific QualityNetwork), and also has an affiliate status in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) – worldwide associations actively involved in theoretical and practical solutions in the field of quality assurance in higher education.
• The Russian Register is included in APQR - the Register of Agencies of the Asia-Pacific Education Quality Network (APQN). The APQR Agency Registry is established by the Asia Pacific Education Quality Network (APQN) and is a registry of external quality assurance agencies that demonstrate their performance as meeting a certain level of maturity against the APQR criteria, as verified through an independent external peer review of the agencies.
• The Russian Register has bilateral agreements with the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating of Kazakhstan (IAAR - Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating), the German agency FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation), the Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE - Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education), which are full members of ENQA, and the Open University of Switzerland ABMS (ABMS Open University of Switzerland), which is accredited by foreign organizations that have affiliated status with ENQA.
• Powers from the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in the field of assessing the quality of education.
• The opportunity to receive a comprehensive service by combining procedures for an independent examination of the quality of education, which will allow educational organizations to reduce the costs (human, time, financial) for the examination.
• The only certification body (among national and foreign ones) that offers a unique set of international, national and industry accreditations and notifications on the Russian market, and provides customers with full recognition, both in Russia and around the world. Today, Russian Register's clients are more than 4,000 organizations located in Russia, the CIS, the Baltic countries and far abroad.
• The independence and objectivity of the Russian Register, as well as the competence of the staff, is confirmed by numerous national and foreign accreditations and recognitions, and by the positive practice of many years of activity. On the basis of the Russian Register, more than 100 experts in assessing the quality of education and professional and public accreditation of educational programs have been trained.
• An extensive network of officially registered representative offices of the Russian Register allows minimizing the costs of educational organizations for travel expenses of experts, promptly coordinating work issues, providing methodological and informational support, attracting qualified auditors from the nearest branch or representative office located not only in the Russian Federation and the CIS, but also abroad .
• The Certification Association "Russian Register" cooperates with the All-Russian industry associations of employers "SoyuzMash of Russia" and "ZHELDORTRANS" on the procedure for professional and public accreditation of educational programs.

Partners

Partners at the national level:

• All-Russian Industry Association of Employers of Railway Transport "Zheldortrans";
• All-Russian Industry Association of Employers "SoyuzMash of Russia";
• Regional Association of Employers "Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Leningrad Region";
• Association of cooks and restaurateurs of the Sverdlovsk region;
• Regional Association of Employers "Union of Employers of the Rostov Region";
• Union "Volgograd Chamber of Commerce and Industry";
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kronstadt;
• All-Russian public organization "Russian Medical Association";
• All-Russian Public Organization "For Quality Education";
• Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow State Law University O.E. Kutafin";
• FSAEI HE "St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics";
• ANEO VO "Interregional Institute of Economics and Law under the IPA EurAsEC".

Partners at the international level:

• International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE - International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education);
• Asia-Pacific Education Quality Network (APQN - Asia-Pacific Quality Network);
• European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA - European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education);
• Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating of Kazakhstan (IAAR - Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating, Kazakhstan);
• German agency FIBAA (FIBAA - Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation, Germany;
• Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE - Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education, Croatia);
• Open University of Switzerland ABMS (ABMS Open University of Switzerland).

The priority tasks within the framework of the pedagogical process today are the control and evaluation of the quality of education. For their implementation, an objective and transparent model for analyzing student achievement is being created.

Normative base

In modern conditions, the competition of educational institutions is becoming more and more relevant. Institutions begin to "fight" for their students. In this regard, an independent assessment of the quality of education is of particular importance. On May 7, 2012, the President signed Decree No. 597. It regulates measures for the implementation of the social policy of the state.

This document instructed the government and public associations to jointly form, by April 1, 2013, a system of independent assessment of the quality of the activities of organizations that provide social services, determine the criteria for analyzing the effectiveness of their work, and introduce public ratings. In pursuance of the decree, Resolution No. 286 was adopted. This document approved the Rules for the formation of a system of independent assessment of the quality of the activities of institutions providing social, including educational services. In addition, Decree No. 487-r adopted a plan of relevant measures.

Implementation of the norms

The Ministry of Education and Science has developed and approved the Regulations on the system for assessing the quality of education. Methodological recommendations were adopted for its implementation. In them:

1. It is determined what an independent assessment of the quality of education is, the main users of the program are indicated.
2. The forms in which the events are held are described.
3. The possible directions of using the program in the work of education management institutions are determined.
4. Sections are described that characterize the tools, object, customers and participants of the system, the procedure for using independent assessment tools for the development and approval of management decisions.

Methodological recommendations are of particular practical importance in the framework of the pedagogical process. The document describes not only the activities themselves, but also the benefits that the results of the procedures provide for all participants. These include, among other things, parents, students themselves, teachers, and heads of educational institutions.

Key directions

An independent assessment of the quality of education is a procedure carried out in relation to the work of pedagogical institutions and the programs implemented in them. Its purpose is to establish the conformity of the services provided:

Customers and initiators

An independent assessment of the quality of education is carried out upon request:

• founder;
• local authorities;
• management of educational institutions;
• public regional chamber;
• education management institutions of the federal, subject and municipal levels;
• individuals or organizations;
• parents;
• public council under the municipal/regional executive body;
• public associations.

Customers of the independent assessment procedure can be:

• head of an educational institution;
• state authorities of the Russian Federation, a subject or structure of local self-government;
• founder of an educational institution;
• parents;
• pedagogical worker of an educational institution;
• students in high school.

Objects of analysis

The education quality assessment system can be aimed at:

Measuring

To establish the level of mastering the educational programs of the organization, relevant materials are developed on the basis of:

1. customer requirements.
2. Measuring instruments of international comparative studies.
3. GEF requirements.

Instruments

The Center for Educational Quality Assessment can use in its analysis:

• Public reports of municipal/regional governments, educational institutions.
• Ratings.
• Statistical data of official accounting, which are posted on a public electronic resource on the Internet.
• Other open information characterizing the conditions and course of pedagogical activity in an educational institution.

Publicly available information about the work of educational institutions can be used in an independent assessment when agreeing on the participation of educational institutions in this procedure.

Responsible entities

Assessment of the quality of education in a school or other educational institution can be carried out by such bodies as:

1. A non-profit organization whose activities have a social orientation and are carried out by specialists with the appropriate qualification level.
2. Rating commercial agency that has experience in creating ratings for institutions.
3. Center for Education Quality Assessment.
4. One or more experts with relevant experience.
5. Socio-professional, social, non-profit autonomous, non-governmental organization.

It is allowed to involve several performers who monitor the assessment of the quality of education. When conducting procedures, openness should be ensured during the formation of an order for the evaluation of the work or results of the activities of educational institutions. The list of persons performing the activities is posted on the official website of the regional administration. An educational institution can independently choose those organizations that will assist it in obtaining an independent assessment.

Results

Individual experts and the organization that carry out the independent evaluation procedure, at the end of their work, analyze the identified results. Based on the results of analytical work, they develop recommendations for the further development of educational institutions, regional and municipal pedagogical structures. In addition, they create a methodology and compile ratings, perform other procedures, prepare analytical reports, and submit reports on the state of the pedagogical process. When implementing all activities, openness and public access to information should be ensured.

Meaning of the results

The results obtained after the assessment can be key for a large number of stakeholders. Among them, in particular, heads of educational institutions, parents, administration of municipal, federal, regional governments. The results obtained should contribute to:

1. Development of competitive conditions.
2. Improving the quality of education.
3. Discovery and dissemination of effective models of the organization of the pedagogical process.
4. Preservation and improvement of a unified educational system, diversity of curricula.

Practical use

In accordance with the results obtained, the following can be prepared:

1. Decisions of a managerial nature at the level of the subject, MO, educational institution. For example, it can be a program for allocating additional funding from the fund to support the quality of education, methodological and staffing, and so on.
2. Recommendations for:

• management structures of different levels;
• customer;
• public associations;
• parents;
• students;
• teaching staff or one teacher;
• educational institution.

Important point

The head of the educational institution should study the Methodological recommendations for conducting procedures for assessing the quality of the educational process. In addition, he should familiarize all participants in the process with them. Knowledge of the provisions of the document will contribute to a more thorough preparation for the upcoming events. The head of the educational institution may preliminarily organize an internal assessment of the quality of education. If necessary, you can request an examination and use the results obtained during it to analyze the activities of the institution, develop a development plan, and identify priority areas. The results of the events will allow:

Teachers themselves, having the opportunity to request an independent assessment, can analyze their own activities, establish a professional level, readiness for certification.

Benefits for parents and students

At the legislative level, these subjects also received the opportunity to request an independent assessment of the quality of the educational process. Parents, therefore, can obtain reliable results of the development of current educational programs by children. In addition, in accordance with the results of the events, they are provided with the necessary recommendations for further interaction with students, the educational institution itself, as well as individual teachers.

High school students who have completed basic general education can also apply to one of the competent organizations with a request for an independent assessment. During the event, they can be either questioned or tested. Responsible organizations in the course of evaluation activities use various forms and methods of analysis. Based on the results of the audit, the trainees will receive the necessary recommendations on creating an individual training plan, making adjustments to it, as well as on the prospects for obtaining special (professional) education.

(Introduced by Federal Law No. 256-FZ of July 21, 2014)

1. An independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations engaged in educational activities (hereinafter referred to as organizations) is carried out in order to provide participants in relations in the field of education with information about the level of organization of work on the implementation of educational programs based on publicly available information.

(Part 1 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

2. In order to create conditions for an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations:

1) The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, at the request of the federal executive body responsible for the development of state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, no later than one month from the date of receipt of the said request, forms from among the representatives of all-Russian public organizations created for the purpose of protection of the rights and legitimate interests of students and (or) parents (legal representatives) of underage students, all-Russian public associations of disabled people public council for an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by federal state educational organizations, as well as other organizations engaged in educational activities at the expense of budgetary allocations federal budget, and approves its composition. The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation informs the federal executive body responsible for the development of state policy and legal regulation in the field of education about the composition of the public council created under this body to conduct an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations;

2) the public chambers of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, at the request of the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation exercising state administration in the field of education, no later than one month from the date of receipt of the said appeal, are formed from among the representatives of public organizations created in order to protect the rights and legitimate interests of students and (or) parents (legal representatives) of underage students, public associations of disabled people, public councils for conducting an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by state educational organizations of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as municipal educational organizations, with the exception of municipal educational organizations, in respect of which an independent assessment is carried out by public councils established under local governments, and other organizations located on the territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation rations and carrying out educational activities at the expense of budget allocations from the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and approve their composition. Public chambers of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation inform the state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that carry out state administration in the field of education about the composition of the public councils created under these bodies to conduct an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations;

3) public chambers (councils) of municipalities, at the request of local governments of municipal districts and urban districts, have the right to form from among the representatives of public organizations created in order to protect the rights and legitimate interests of students and (or) parents (legal representatives) of underage students, public associations disabled public councils to conduct an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities carried out by municipal educational organizations, and approve their composition. Public chambers (councils) of municipalities inform local self-government bodies of municipal districts and urban districts about the composition of public councils created under these bodies to conduct an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations.

(Part 2 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

2.1. The composition of the public council for conducting an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations (hereinafter referred to as the public council for independent quality assessment) is approved for a period of three years. When forming a public council for an independent quality assessment for a new term, at least a third of its composition is changed. The public council for independent quality assessment cannot include representatives of public authorities and local governments, representatives of public associations operating in the field of education, heads (their deputies) and employees of organizations operating in this area. At the same time, the public council for independent quality assessment may involve in its work representatives of public associations operating in the field of education, the public chamber to discuss and form the results of such an assessment. The number of members of the public council for independent quality assessment cannot be less than five people. Members of the public council for independent quality assessment carry out their activities on a voluntary basis. Information about the activities of the relevant public council for independent quality assessment shall be posted on the Internet on the official website of the respective federal executive body responsible for developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, the executive body of the subject of the Russian Federation exercising state management in the field of education, local government of a municipal district or city district. The regulation on the public council for independent quality assessment is approved by the state authority or local government under which the specified public council was created.

(Part 2.1 was introduced by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

3. An independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations is not carried out in relation to educational organizations established in the penitentiary system, as well as in relation to federal state organizations engaged in educational activities specified in Part 1 of Article 81 of this Federal Law.

(Part 3 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

4. An independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations is carried out according to such general criteria as the openness and availability of information about organizations engaged in educational activities; the comfort of the conditions in which educational activities are carried out; friendliness, courtesy of employees; satisfaction with the conditions for conducting educational activities of organizations, as well as the availability of services for people with disabilities.

(Part 4 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of 05.12.2017)

5. Indicators characterizing the general criteria for assessing the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations are established by the federal executive body responsible for developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, with a preliminary discussion at the public council for independent quality assessment.

(Part 5 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

6. An independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations is carried out by public councils for independent quality assessment no more than once a year and no less than once every three years in relation to the same organization.

(Part 6 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of 05.12.2017)

7. Public councils for independent quality assessment:

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

1) determine the lists of organizations engaged in educational activities, in respect of which an independent assessment is carried out, provided for in this article;

2) take part in the consideration of draft documentation on the procurement of works, services, as well as draft state, municipal contracts concluded by the federal executive body that performs the functions of developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, carrying out public administration in the field of education, local governments with an organization that collects and summarizes information on the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations (hereinafter referred to as the operator);

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

3) has become invalid. - Federal Law of December 5, 2017 N 392-FZ;

4) conduct an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations, taking into account the information provided by the operator;

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

5) submit, respectively, to the federal executive body that performs the functions of developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that carry out state administration in the field of education, local governments, the results of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities organizations, as well as suggestions for improving their activities.

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

8. The conclusion of state, municipal contracts for the performance of work, the provision of services for the collection and generalization of information on the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs. The federal executive body that performs the functions of developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that carry out state administration in the field of education, local governments, based on the results of the conclusion of state, municipal contracts, draw up a decision to determine the operator, responsible for collecting and summarizing information on the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations, and also, if necessary, provide the operator with publicly available information on the activities of these organizations, generated in accordance with state and departmental statistical reporting (if it is not posted on the official website of the organization).

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

9. Has expired. - Federal Law of December 5, 2017 N 392-FZ.

10. Information on the results of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations is posted accordingly:

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

1) the federal executive body responsible for the development of state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, on the official website for posting information about state and municipal institutions on the Internet;

2) executive authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation, exercising state administration in the field of education, and local governments on their official websites and the official website for posting information about state and municipal institutions on the Internet.

11. The composition of information on the results of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations, including uniform requirements for such information, and the procedure for its placement on the official website for posting information about state and municipal institutions on the Internet are determined by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation. authorities.

(Part 11 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of 05.12.2017)

12. The federal executive body that performs the functions of developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that carry out state administration in the field of education, local governments provide technical information on their official websites on the Internet the possibility of expressing opinions by citizens about the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations.

(as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

13. Control over compliance with the procedures for conducting an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

(Part 13 as amended by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

14. The heads of state and municipal organizations engaged in educational activities are responsible for not taking measures to eliminate the shortcomings identified in the course of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations, in accordance with labor legislation. In employment contracts with the heads of these organizations, the performance indicators of the heads include the results of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations and the implementation of a plan to eliminate shortcomings identified during such an assessment.

(Part 14 was introduced by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

15. The results of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities by organizations are taken into account when assessing the effectiveness of the activities of the head of the federal executive body responsible for the development of state policy and legal regulation in the field of education, senior officials (heads of the highest executive bodies of state power) of the subjects of the Russian Federation and heads of executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, heads of local governments of municipal districts and urban districts.

(Part 15 was introduced by Federal Law No. 392-FZ of December 5, 2017)

Law of the Russian Federation "On Education"- N 273-FZ - regulates social relations that appear in the field of education due to the realization by the population of the right to education. Provides state guarantees of freedoms and rights of people in the field of education and appropriate conditions for the realization of the right to education. Determines the legal status of the participants in the relationship within the framework of educational activities. Establishes the economic, legal, organizational basis of education in our country, the principles of state policy in the field of education, the rules for the operation of the educational system and the implementation of educational activities.

The Fourth Annual International Conference of the Eurasian Education Quality Assurance Association (EAQA) "Independent Education Quality Assessment: Modern Challenges and Best Practices" was held (29-30, October, 2015, Kazan). Over 100 specialists in the field of education quality assessment from 28 regions of Russia and 5 CIS countries, representatives of regional education authorities, education development institutions and education quality assessment agencies took part in the work.

INDEPENDENT assessment is one of the most discussed topics in the field of education quality assessment today. Various methods of independent (external) assessment of the quality of education - monitoring, ratings, surveys - are actively developing in Russia and other CIS countries. The importance of this topic in Russia is also determined by the fact that a year ago (July 21, 2014) federal law No. 256 came into force on an independent assessment of the quality of services provided by organizations in the field of culture, social services, health care and education. The need to provide society with high-quality information about the results of the activities of educational organizations and the achievements of students is recognized in most CIS countries at the state level. In recent years, many projects and programs for the development of independent assessment have been accepted for implementation - both at the regional level and at the state level.

However, the problem of developing an independent evaluation system remains relevant. The concept itself still causes a lot of discussion: independent of whom? From educational authorities, educational organizations, professional associations? But already today, methodological recommendations have been developed for organizing and conducting an independent assessment of educational institutions, and assessment criteria have been approved. They were developed and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Whose interests should such a system serve? Who can and should conduct an independent assessment? The current law contains a provision on the creation of public councils, which should coordinate this work. But public councils are created under the ministry and their personal composition is approved by the first person of the ministry.

And finally, how to treat the results already obtained by independent quality assessment, who can use them and how? It is obvious that the structures created by the state authorities carry out an “independent” assessment according to criteria approved by the state bodies as well, and use the results to make managerial decisions.

CONFERENCE was supported by the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science. At the opening, the head of the Department for Supervision and Control over the Activities of the Executive Authorities of the Federal Subjects of the Federation of Rosobrnadzor E.E. Semchenko said:

We are faced with the task of creating a unified, optimally built, logically complementary system of assessment procedures both at the federal and regional levels.

This task is justified by the fact that various forms of independent assessment have already been developed: monitoring, ratings, public polls, public and professional public accreditation. But the inconsistency of these procedures, misunderstanding of their goals and objectives leads to negative consequences on the ground. The correct use and interpretation of independent assessment results, including the results of the USE (given that this exam is administered independently of schools and regional education authorities), has been a question that has been on the table for the past fifteen years.

Until now, in the regions we see terrible ratings of schools, built on the average score of the Unified State Examination, without taking into account contextual information and socio-economic conditions. Until now, schools are compared, the innocent are punished, the uninvolved are rewarded. The second problem is the inconsistency in the actions of the regional ministries of education, departments for control and supervision, and quality assessment centers. As a result, resources are grinded to no avail.

Addressing the conference participants, E.E. Semchenko suggested using a risk-based model in the system of state control. For example, if an educational organization is operating normally and there are no complaints against it, inspections are not carried out in such an organization in the next five years, and the assessment of activities takes place in the monitoring mode. And for foreign partners from the CIS countries, a proposal was made within the framework of the association to conduct an international comparative study of the quality of training of schoolchildren - by analogy with PISA. At present, the Government of the Russian Federation has set the task of developing and implementing new tools for assessing the quality of education that are competitive on the international market. Within the FTsPRO, according to the official, there are resources for this. And since it is not entirely correct to compare Russia with Singapore or Finland, comparative studies of the quality of training of schoolchildren in the CIS countries would be much more useful for improving the quality of education.

WITH EXPERT EAOKO President V.A. Bolotov, starting with the fact that the term "independent assessment" is not yet well-established and can be defined as "lack of communication between the assessing organization and the subject of assessment." The current Russian legislation provides for the transfer of authority for independent evaluation to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection: in culture, health care, and education. That is, the evaluation of the service from the point of view of the consumer. And based on the results of such an assessment, ratings can be built. But can a linear assessment, which is a rating, be sufficiently objective? Obviously, objectivity can be achieved by a large number of measurements and evaluation criteria, as is done in monitoring. In addition, there should be a lot of monitoring and ratings themselves. And can an assessment carried out by the forces (or by order) of state authorities be objective? Obviously, this ultimately leads to a distortion of the data for the purpose of self-preservation of both the current situation and the managers themselves. It is also difficult to avoid the temptation to use the results of the ratings to make a managerial decision: reward the first on the list, and punish the last.

At present, the legislation provides for taking into account the results of professional-public accreditation in state accreditation: indeed, there is no need to double-check the same thing if it is possible to check the fulfillment of state requirements by the public. The creation of public councils for independent quality assessment is also prescribed, but their composition is approved by the first person of the ministry. How then can the independence of the assessment be ensured?

The president of the association proposed clear principles for the creation of an independent evaluation system. The first is the voluntariness of the procedures: if such procedures are carried out by order or if the results are supposed to be transferred into the hands of the ministry, we will not receive an independent objective assessment. The second principle is complete openness of information.

Open public databases are the substrate for independent evaluation. Let them be interpreted by whoever wants and how they want, but without taking this step, we will never get an objective independent assessment, - V.A. Bolotov.

The third principle is the independence of experts, reference in the professional community, who must be involved in cases where it is not so much about the analysis of statistical information as about expert assessment. The propaedeutics of independent evaluation will also include the inclusion of members of the public in all state evaluation procedures. But only if these representatives are nominated by the public itself, and not by government agencies. And finally, in order to combat the imitation and profanity of another campaign to create an independent system for assessing the quality of education, careful verification and verification of the data obtained as a result of such an assessment is necessary.

DISCUSSION strategic and methodological problems was continued by T.A. Mertsalova, leading expert of the Institute of Education of the Higher School of Economics. Her suggestion is that it is necessary to consider the current law not as mandatory and restrictive, but as a designation of a field of possibilities, that is, a mandatory minimum is prescribed and there is a space for freedom, movement and development. If you strictly follow the letter of the law, then all educational organizations should be subjected to an independent assessment.

In the law on independent evaluation in the field of health, culture, social sphere and education, the object of evaluation are organizations providing such services. But in the case of assessing healthcare and cultural organizations, the subject of assessment is services, and for educational organizations - the quality of their activities. Education is more complex and multifaceted; it cannot be integrated into a system of standardized assessment. The law prescribes two approaches: assessment of the quality of training of students, that is, educational achievements, and the quality of educational activities. But in both cases, the goal is to improve the quality of education. Not the quality of the service, but the quality of the training of students and the quality of the organization's activities. It is also important to consider who initiates, who conducts, and who pays for quality assessment procedures. What to do when the customer of an independent assessment represented by the public does not have the resources to carry out assessment procedures. It is good if the state supports the public initiative.

The problems of creating independent assessment systems and non-biased public councils, according to expert T.A. Mertsalova are associated with the unwillingness of the public to become a full-fledged subject of independent assessment, the lack of open reliable data and mechanisms for obtaining them (in many regions, large volumes of both primary and analytical information have been accumulated, but access to them is limited), with inadequate use of the results of quality assessment and on the part of managers, and on the part of consumers, primarily parents (for example, the outflow of students from schools that are not among the top leaders in the region).

Important aspects of the topic under discussion were drawn to the attention of the conference participants by N.V. Tyurina, Deputy Head of the Department of Commercial Projects in the Field of Education and the Social Sphere of MIA "Russia Today". First of all, the fact that the term “independent assessment”, according to electronic and print media, as well as search engines, is used only in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Doesn't this mean that we ourselves create alternatives where they shouldn't exist? Indeed, the legislation itself 1 distinguishes between the procedure carried out by public bodies and organizations and the procedures carried out by state authorities.

In the last twenty years in Russia (and in Kazakhstan) not only state, but also public assessment systems have been actively developing. In the coming years, we can expect the emergence of an even greater number of independent non-state start-ups in the field of education and education quality assessment, the activation of a public initiative to assess the quality of institutions: like, say, regional and municipal projects already being implemented in the healthcare system to choose the best clinic through popular vote.

As examples of the development of effective start-ups in the field of assessing the quality of education, several reports were made at the conference. For example, the General Director of the Research Institute for Monitoring the Quality of Education (Yoshkar-Ola) V.G. Navodnov about a new tool for assessing learning outcomes - the Federal Internet Exam for Bachelor's Degree Graduates, or Director of the International Educational Center "Open School" (Ufa) R.R. Abzalimov on holding trial exams for school graduates and training seminars to correct the results obtained. The system for assessing the level of language education on the example of using special tests in English was presented by A.A. Emakaeva (Education First company). An interesting experience of presenting the results obtained during the state final certification to the widest range of the public through an interactive system was proposed by the director of the Center for Information Technologies and Education Quality Assessment (Republic of Mari El) E.V. Komelina. The experience of creating regional systems for assessing the quality of education was presented by V.E. Fradkin (Regional center for assessing the quality of education and information technology in St. Petersburg), G.V. Golovicher (Regional center for assessing the quality of education in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), B.V. Ilyukhin (Tomsk Regional Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Educational Workers), V.A. Gutman (Ministry of Education and Science of the Astrakhan region).

POSSIBILITY self-assessment of potential, successes and achievements is another perspective for the near future.

Having mobile devices, N.V. Tyurin, - anyone can access testing systems. This does not require any forms, no scanning tools, no special facilities and security systems - such an assessment can be done independently. Organizations will need methods for interpreting the results, recommendations and applied solutions for adjusting self-learning.

Thus, the person himself should be interested in obtaining an objective independent assessment of his knowledge and experience. And not only at the school or university level, but also in employment and professional development. The representative of the largest employer in the country, the company "Rosnano", I.A. Waldman raised the question of a clear distinction between the initiators, as well as the principles, goals, methods and use of the results of two procedures - an independent assessment of the quality of education and the assessment of qualifications.

If you are a good doctor and have come abroad, no one will let you practice as a doctor without passing a special professional exam, during which you must demonstrate what you can do in a real professional situation.

When assessing the quality of education, the quality of formal education is recorded for compliance with educational standards, and when assessing qualifications, knowledge, skills, but, above all, professional experience and the ability to perform professional tasks. Employees themselves are often interested in such an assessment, since this makes it possible to get a much better paid job, and employers, since for large companies the presence of certified specialists is a necessary condition for participating in tenders.

There should be one thing in common for these procedures - non-departmentalism: independence from both the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Labor, in addition to framework regulatory requirements. And society should evaluate those social services that the state provides, - noted I.A. Waldman, concluding his speech.

PRINCIPALLY It is important that the topic of the conference went beyond Russian practice and is of keen interest to specialists from neighboring countries. The fact that we have many common tasks and problems in assessing the quality of education was evidenced by B.S. Shamshidinova (National Testing Center of the Kyrgyz Republic), L.A. Khudenko (National Institute of Education of the Republic of Belarus), K.S. Abdiyeva (National Testing Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan), S.F. Jafarova (National Testing Center of the Republic of Tajikistan). According to all conference participants, the work of the Eurasian Association for Educational Quality Assessment is in great demand, as it allows finding constructive solutions to emerging issues, promotes the exchange of information and best practices.

Federal Law No. 256 on Independent Evaluation and the Law on Education in the Russian Federation, Art. 95 "Independent assessment of the quality of education."

Exams, student test papers are an integral part of the educational process, which shows the student's level of preparation in various subjects. For a child, any assessment of knowledge is almost always stressful. For a teacher, this is an indicator of his professionalism. One of the features of the modern educational process is that the quality of a student's preparation is checked as part of an independent assessment. This means that students write final papers in special conditions with observers.

The features of passing an independent assessment of the quality of training of students are regulated by Article 95 and Article 95.1 of the Federal Law No. 273-FZ of December 29, 2012 "On Education in the Russian Federation" (hereinafter referred to as the Law).

"Independent assessment of the quality of education

1. An independent assessment of the quality of education is aimed at obtaining information about educational activities, the quality of training students and the implementation of educational programs.

2. An independent assessment of the quality of education includes:

1) an independent assessment of the quality of training of students;

2) an independent assessment of the quality of educational activities of organizations engaged in educational activities (Article 95 of the Law)”.

"Independent assessment of the quality of training of students

1. An independent assessment of the quality of training of students is carried out at the initiative of the participants in relations in the field of education in order to prepare information on the level of mastering by students of the educational program or its parts, to provide participants in relations in the field of education with information on the quality of training of students.

2. Organizations that carry out an independent assessment of the quality of training of students establish the types of education, groups of students and (or) educational programs or their parts, in respect of which an independent assessment of the quality of training of students is carried out, as well as conditions, forms and methods for conducting an independent assessment of the quality of training of students .

3. An independent assessment of the quality of training of students is also carried out within the framework of international comparative studies in the field of education in accordance with the criteria and requirements of Russian, foreign and international organizations (Article 95.1 of the Law).»

In accordance with Article 28 of the Law, an educational organization must ensure the functioning of an internal system for assessing the quality of education, which allows obtaining objective data on the level of training of students. Diagnostics at school today is one of the main components of the educational process.

Such an assessment is carried out at the initiative of participants in educational relations in the field of education. Organizations that conduct such an assessment determine and specify the forms, methods for conducting it, etc. The Methodological Recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Letter of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation of 03.04.2015 No. AP-512/02 (hereinafter - Methodological recommendations).

The results of an independent assessment of the quality of education do not entail the suspension or cancellation of state accreditation, a license to carry out educational activities in relation to an educational organization. But on the basis of the results of an independent assessment of the quality of training of students, ratings of schools can be formed. On the Internet, you can find information on the procedure for conducting and the results of an independent assessment of the quality of student training.

The law defined a provision according to which schools and students undergo independent evaluation. Such an assessment makes it possible to improve the content and methods of organizing the educational process and the compliance of students' achievements with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard. Based on such results of such an assessment, parents can choose the best place for teaching their children, to understand how well the child has mastered the educational program.

An independent assessment of the quality of training of students is carried out in order to:

• determining the conformity of the quality of training of students;

• identification of factors influencing the quality of preparation of children at school, which includes the features of teaching methods and techniques.

• identification of the level of educational achievements of various groups of students;

• identification of the dynamics of changes in the quality of training of students;

• determining the degree of effectiveness of managerial decisions (for example, when conducting a competitive selection of the best educational organizations, when distributing grants, personnel changes, developing a program for the development of the education system, etc.) at various levels of the education system (including the level of an educational organization);

• creation of the necessary database of information and analytical materials for making managerial decisions at various levels of the education system (including the level of an educational organization), aimed at improving the quality of training of students (Methodological recommendations).

Such an assessment is carried out by an organization subordinate to the education management body. Most often, such organizations are centers for assessing the quality of education in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Non-profit organizations whose activities have a social orientation and specialists with appropriate qualifications can also be involved.

It is organizations that assess the quality of student training that develop methods and tools for conducting such an examination, developing materials for examination, collecting and summarizing the data obtained, processing and analyzing information, testing tools for assessing the quality of student training. This organization also prepares reports and recommendations for teachers and parents of students.

The school, in turn, creates all the necessary conditions for such evaluation activities, ensures openness and accessibility of information for all participants in the examination.

Diagnostics of the quality of training of students according to the results of the All-Russian verification work (based on the Letter of Rosobrnadzor dated 02.02.2017 No. 05-41 "All-Russian verification work").

Last year, for the first time, many schoolchildren participated in the All-Russian Testing Works (hereinafter referred to as VPR). At the end of this academic year, students in grades 4, 5, 11 will also be able to try their hand at this event in the approbation mode. These works are not final certification and are carried out by the school independently. VPR are developed in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard and reflect the individual achievements of students. Parents can use the results of CDF to determine the developmental trajectory of their child. VPR can become a parameter for assessing the level of knowledge of a student at the main stages of learning.

Participation in the VPR of a particular student is accepted by the school.

As an example of organizing an independent assessment of the level of preparedness of a student, one can cite the organization of such an examination in Moscow, as a subject of the Russian Federation.

The organization of city diagnostics of the quality of training of students is carried out by the Moscow Center for Educational Quality (MCQE). A single citywide center that collects students' diagnostic data makes it possible to analyze the results of the training of all students in the city of Moscow, students of a particular school, class, and the dynamics of an individual student's learning. As a result, the teacher can build individual work with the student and find an individual approach to the student's problems.

We should not forget that when building an internal system for assessing the quality of education, the school must take into account the standards and requirements of SanPiN 2.4.2.2821-10 (“Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the conditions and organization of education in educational institutions”), according to which during the school day more than one test should be carried out. Participation of schools in diagnostics for grades 1-3 is carried out only on a voluntary basis. All diagnostics in grades 1-3 are carried out by the school independently at a convenient time for it and without the involvement of external observers (as part of internal monitoring of the quality of education) based on the materials offered by the ICAC.

Features of carrying out metasubject diagnostics

It is very important for students to master in the course of training those skills that are necessary for further successful education. For example, the ability to work with unfamiliar text, the ability to understand information presented in the form of diagrams, tables, the ability to solve problems in practice-oriented situations. the ability to perform certain logical actions. The system for assessing the quality of education should include an assessment of the level of formation of both subject and meta-subject results. The tasks offered in meta-subject diagnostics are based on the context of different subjects studied in parallel. There can be no special subject for the formation of universal educational actions; these actions are universal because they are formed and applied in the study of each field of knowledge.