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Alzafari, Khaled; Kratzer, Jan – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
Embedding quality into higher education institutions is a challenging matter given the complexity of the higher education environment. Although several studies have been conducted seeking to reveal associated challenges, a limited number of researches have been implemented on a cross-national level. This study investigates challenges associated…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Barriers, Specialists
OECD Publishing, 2013
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been planned as an ongoing program of assessment. The first cycle of the assessment has involved two "rounds." The first round, which is covered by this report, took place over the period of January 2008-October 2013. The main features of the first cycle of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Skills, Test Construction
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Bisegger, Corinna; Cloetta, Bernhard; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The impact of the environment on the quality of life and health is considered to be important for adults as well as for children and adolescents. To include the subjective view of children and adolescents in this context, instruments for measuring the perception of the environment are needed. The new scale CANEP (Children's and Adolescents'…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Physical Environment, Children, Adolescents
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Sedgwick, Carole – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2007
From June to November 2003 an exploratory survey was made of the assessment of written English in a small sample of English language degrees in Europe. All programmes had similar components, the study of English language and literature, cultural or area studies, and English language development. Some involved the study of another language.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English