THE EVALUATION COUNCIL

OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF CATALONIA

Núria Aguirre, May 2010Núria Aguirre

May 2010

Some facts and figures

Population:7.475.420 peopleArea:32.000 km2Capital city: BarcelonaLanguage: CatalanSpanish is also official language and

known and spoken by everybody

Catalonia in Spain: share of Catalonia in some of Spain's basic figures

Territory (6%)

Population (16%) Gross National Product (20%)

Tax income (24%) Industrial production (26%) Foreign trade (28%)

Source: CIDEM, Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

The Catalan language

Spoken by more than 6 million people in:

CataloniaValenciaThe Balearic IslandsBorders of CataloniaL’alguer (Sardinia)

The GENERALITAT

Restored with the reestablishmentof democracy in Spain (1977)Three essential bodies: The Parliament: directly elected

every four years, elects the President of the Government

The Executive Council or Government

The President of the Generalitat: appoints the ministers (Consellers)

Local government in Catalonia

946 municipalities 482 under 1.000 inhab. 345 from 1.000 to 10.000 109 from 10.000 to

100.000 10 over 100.000

41 counties called “comarques”

4 provinces: Girona, Barcelona, Lleida & Tarragona

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

1979 Transfer of educational competences started in 1980 after the enactment of the Constitution (1979). The Department of Education of the Generalitat has whole responsibility over the administration of the educational system.

1980 Transfer of power in education2009 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia2009 Education Act of Catalonia

Educational system: Laws

1970: Ley General de Educación. 1978: Spanish Constitution. 1979: Autonomy Statute for Catalonia 1985: LODE 1990: LOGSE (compulsory 6 - 16) 1995: LOPEG 2002: LOCE 2006: LOE 2006: Autonomy Statute for Catalonia 2009: LEC (Education Act from Catalonia)

A mixed school model

Types of schools : Public schools (State maintained) Grant-aided private schools Independent private schools

Educational System organizationEducational System organization

Compulsory Secondary Education

Primary Education

Pre-primary Education

Vocational Education“Batxillerat”

Advanced Vocational Education

University

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476

579

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73364

550 1.696

Inf-Prim.

Secund.

E.Esp.

E.Infantil

In-Pri-Sec

Private schools 1.357 Public schools 3.045School year 2008-2009

School population: 1.180.642School year 2008-2009

201.973

116.185

269.986

148.928163.620

108.227

52.91831.21729.597

11.48227.977

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3.7690

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EINF EPRI ESO BATX. GFGM GFGS ESP.

Public

Private

Number of teachers: 106.106School year 2008-2009

41.201

20.505

28.815

13.932

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10.000

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35.000

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EINF-EPRI Ed.SECUN. E.ESPECIAL

Public

Private

COMPETENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Transfer of educational competences started in 1980 after the enactment of the Constitution (1979)

Since then Catalonia has been responsible for its own model of education within the framework of the shared legal context common to the Spanish state as a whole

COMPETENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Create new schools Authorise new grant-aided schools Decide about education agreements School staff (global and per centre) Call for public competitive examinations (school staff) In-service teacher training and development of

professional career Develop basic regulations about school governing

bodies Curriculum (45%)

The Evaluation Council

THE EVALUATION COUNCIL

OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

WHAT IS IT?

CREATED BY THE DECREE 305/93, 9th DECEMBER

IT IS AN ASSESSMENT BODY OF THE CATALAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

ITS MAIN OBJECTIVE IS THE EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AT PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

STRUCTURE

PRESIDED by the Minister of Education who delegates the functions in the PRESIDENT

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TECHNICAL TEAM6 EXTERNAL ADVISERSEXTERNAL WORKING TEAMS

FUNCTIONS

Elaborate reports on the attainment of the educational goals established by the current legislation and the improvement of education quality

To perform studies and write reports about different

aspects of the Catalan education system Participate in assessment studies carried out at state

level Participate in international assessment studies (PISA,

SITES, EBAFLS, etc) Exchange experiences with similar institutions from the

rest of the country and from abroad

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDIES

They refer to the different areas of the educational system

They may be quantitative or qualitative studies

They provide achievement data but also data on context or educational processes

They provide data for comparison and for tendency analyses

SEMINARS ON EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION

Every year The Council organitses seminars on evaluation

They give an undepth perspective on different subjects

National and international experts participate

They involve people who work in the sector

Education Quality Indicators in Catalonia (since 1995)

Vocational Education and Training (VET) Assessment in Catalonia 2008-2009

Diagnosis of adult education in Catalonia

Report for the improvement of the education system

MAIN STUDIES WITHIN CATALONIA

Assessment of student achievement in Primary Education

Assessment of student achievement in Secondary Education

Assessment of student achievement in English in Secondary Education

MAIN STUDIES AT STATE LEVEL

PISA - OCDE

SITES - IEA: Study on ICT in Education

PIRLS - IEA

EBAFLS

SURVEYLANG

MAIN STUDIES AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

PUBLICATIONS

Quaderns d’Avaluació

dissemination tool published every 3 months the first results of our studies different articles relatedto assessment

PUBLICATIONS

Sistema d’Indicadors Present yearly data about the educational system indicators of context, resourcesschool enrolement and processes, achievement allow international comparisons since 2005 educational indicators for the euro area are also included

PUBLICATIONS

Informes d’Avaluació (Reports) Quantitative studies They explain and analyse student achievement:- Report for the improvement ofachievement of the Educational System in

Catalonia- PISA results in Catalonia- English in Batxillerat

PUBLICATIONS

Documents documents related to our studies that are not assessment results of quantitative studies:- conceptual frameworks, - released items from PISA, - qualitative studies

WEB SITE

Web site in Catalan Information in English and

Spanish

http://www.gencat.net/educacio/csda/