Ministry as a creator of synergy between educational policy and research

MartLaidmetsDeputySecretaryGeneralforGeneralandVocationalEducation

Howisevidence-basedpolicycreatedina highlyautonomouseducationalsystem?

Decentralised approach and evidence-based policy need a good database and ahigh level inclusion

• Involving researchers and other target grouprepresentatives for policy-making

• Data – quality and access

“Without data, you're just another person with an opinion.”W. Edwards Deming

E-services in education

EHIS (Estonian Education Database) - Web based info system

Six modules:

1) documents certifying education

2) pupils and students

3) teaching staff

4) educational institutions

5) textbooks

6) curricula

Information about:● early childhood education● general education● vocational education● higher education ● extracurricular education ● state examinations;● adult education (2016)

HaridusSilm / EducationEye: www.haridussilm.ee

● Statistics about all educational levels, youth, research

● Performance indicators at school level, e.g.:– teachers qualifications

– exam results

– participation in extracurricular education (at school, outside school)

– further studies – proportion of students continuing at next stage

– etc.

● NEW! „The labour market success“: graduates’ salary and employment, http://www.haridussilm.ee/?leht=edukus_0

Example: performance indicators at county level(1)

75,772,0

65,971,4

63,0 61,6

80,5 80,9

70,9

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

2010 2013 2016

Proportion ofupper secondary graduates continuing studies (%)inEstonia

Estonia Harjucounty Tartucounty

Example: performance indicators at county level (2)

45,347,0

43,544,8

49,750,9

3840424446485052

2013 2016

Proportion ofupper secondary graduates whoobtained HEafter 6years,%

Estonia Harjucounty Tartucounty

Example of efficiency indicators at countylevel

11,311,9

13,0

11,311,7

13,8

12,7

13,8

14,7

10

11

12

13

14

15

2010 2013 2016

Numberofstudents per teacher inuppersecondary school

Estonia Harjucounty Tartucounty

Good decisions are made in co-operation researchers and practitioners

● Evidence Based Decision-Making is grounded on the best available research evidence.

● Common practice – involving researchers, educational specialists, headmasters and teachers in decision-making

The initiative – feedback from target groups

Wellbeing questionnaires:● Students

● Teachers● Parents

The initiative „Interesting School“

Keywords:• Evidence-based development ofteaching andlearning• Openess• Encouraging learning process• Creativity andintellectual effort• Wide rangeofoptions andchoices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqkaaxtGOI

Thank you for attention!