ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of external quality assurance evaluations conducted by the Institutional Evaluation Programmes (IEP). IEP is an international quality assurance agency offering improvement-oriented peer reviews to higher education institutions on a voluntary basis. The paper is based on the results of a survey sent to evaluated institutions, which asked about the extent to which the outcomes of the IEP evaluation had been useful for the institution and about the changes that had been implemented as a result. The findings indicate a good level of impact across a range of areas of institutional activity, although this impact is influenced also by other factors and therefore fully establishing causality is difficult. The study also highlights the links between the impact of IEP evaluations and the context sensitive, improvement-oriented approach used by IEP in its evaluation methodology.

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机构评估计划对外部质量保证的影响评估

摘要本文研究了机构评估计划（IEP）进行的外部质量保证评估的影响。IEP是一家国际质量保证机构，自愿向高等教育机构提供以改进为导向的同行评审。该文件基于发送给被评估机构的调查结果，该调查询问IEP评估的结果在多大程度上对机构有用以及由此产生的变化。调查结果表明，在机构活动的各个领域都具有良好的影响力，尽管这种影响还受到其他因素的影响，因此很难完全确定因果关系。这项研究还强调了IEP评估的影响与上下文相关，