ABSTRACT

The demand for large-scale assessments in higher education, especially at an international scale, is growing. A major challenge of conducting these assessments, however, is that they require understanding and balancing the interests of multiple stakeholders (government officials, university administrators, and students) and also overcoming potential unwillingness of these stakeholders to participate. In this paper, we take the experience of the Study of Undergraduate Performance (SUPER) in conducting a large-scale international assessment as a case study. We discuss ways in which we mitigated perceived risks, built trust, and provided incentives to ensure the successful engagement of stakeholders during the study’s implementation.

摘要

高等教育，特别是国际规模的大规模评估的需求正在增长。但是，进行这些评估的主要挑战在于，它们需要理解并平衡多个利益相关者（政府官员，大学管理者和学生）的利益，并且还需要克服这些利益相关者潜在的不愿参加的意愿。在本文中，我们以本科生表现研究（SUPER）的经验为例，进行了大规模的国际评估。我们讨论了减轻感知风险，建立信任并提供激励措施以确保利益相关方在研究实施过程中成功参与的方式。