1. Internal and external evaluation system in Estonia
Kadri Peterson
Head of External Evaluation Department
Ministry of Education and Research

2. MINISTRY of EDUCATION and RESEARCH (MoER)
Responsible for the evaluation policy in the education sector.
Collects the information and analyses it for making decisions in the educational policy.
Leads and coordinates national and international cooperation in the field of external and internal evaluation.

3. Evaluation activities in General Education
Procedures for the license (MoER)
Evaluation of study results (NEQC)
State supervision (MoER, CoGo)
School
Counselling of internal evaluation
Supervisory control
National and International surveys

4. State supervision
The ministry sets up the main topics of inspection for every academic year.
The inspectors of MoER and CoGo carry out the supervision.
The External Evaluation Department of the MoER analyses the results and writes the annual report.

5. Decreasing external evaluation and increasing internal evaluation (2006)
Educational institutions have to carry out the internal evaluation and present the report in three years.
State guarantees the benchmarking data (EHIS)
State supports the self-evaluation of the schools – advisers of the schools

6. Evaluation of study results
National standardised tests in year 3 and 6;
Basic school final examinations with harmonized questions;
National examinations at the end of upper secondary school.

7. A view from outside
OECD Review of Estonian Education Policy (Review of National Policy for Education )
TIMSS – Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (IEA)
PISA – Program for International Student Assessment 2006, 2009, 2012 (OECD)
Participation in the OECD INES education programme – Education at a Glance, OECD Indicators 2007, 2008, 2009
OECD Teachers’ Survey (Teaching and Learning International Survey TALIS) 2008)
CIVIC 2009 – (IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study)
PIAAC OECD Assessment of Adult Competencies (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies 2008 – 2013)

8. Thank you!