QUALITY ASSURANCE IN EDUCATION

THROUGH VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION

QUALITY

According to British Higher Education Council:

“Quality” is the central mystery of British Higher Education – a mystery in all the variants of meaning and nuance of which the word is capable.

QUALITY"Quality is not perfection. It is improving your previous best and showing that you are at the leading edge in most aspects.“

-former CHED Executive Director 

The concept of quality includes a set of standards.

QUALITY

Quality is degree of excellence or relative goodness, and so quality is not excellence per we but it refers to an ascending degree of excellence -- perhaps low

quality, moderate quality and high quality.

Even among items or objects with "high quality" one can have higher quality and another one may

possess the highest quality.

ASSURANCE

Assurance is the declaration of a commitment aimed at giving confidence

to one's intended clients, customer or public.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Quality assurance in education is demonstrated by a system of principles and

practices arranged logically to achieve certain predetermined quality goals or objectives meant to give confidence to

students, parents and the public.

HISTORY OF QUALITY EDUCATION

HISTORY OF QUALITY EDUCATION

*2560 BC Great Pyramid of Giza*King John of England (1199-1216)*Middle Ages (1450-1500)*Industrial Revolution*World War I*United States of America (1930)*World War II*Philippine private higher education institutions (1950)

LEGAL BASIS OF VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION IN THE

PHILIPPINES

Education Act of 1982 Rule IV of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) outlined seven provisions to govern voluntary accreditation:

*Policy*Definition*Eligibility for Voluntary Accreditation*Benefits of Voluntary Accreditation*Recognition of Private Voluntary Accrediting *Associations*Accrediting Agencies*Life-span of Deregulated Status

CREATION OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER

EDUCATION (CHED) IN 1994

In 1994, Commission on higher Education (CHED)was organized by virtue of Republic act

(R.A.) 7722.Accrediting agencies federated under the Federation of Accrediting

Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP):

TWO ACCREDITING AGENCIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACUP)

Association of Local Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (ALCUCOA)

VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION AS MEASURE OF QUALITY

ASSURANCE IN EDUCATION

VOLUNTARY ACCREDITION

In the Philippines and in the world , the accepted measure of quality assurance in education is

voluntary accreditation.

What is voluntary Accreditation?

Voluntary Accreditation is a concept of self-regulation which focuses on self-study and evaluation and on the continuing improvement of educational quality. It is both a process and a result.

As a process, it is a form of peer review in which an association of schools and colleges establishes sets of criteria and procedures.

As a result, it is a form of certification granted by arecognized and authorized accrediting agency.

*Voluntary Accreditation is mission-centric

*Rationale for Voluntary Accreditation

Basic Principles /Characteristics of Voluntary

Accreditationa. Accreditation is based on accepted standards.

b. Accreditation is primarily concerned with the students learning welfare , growth and development.

c. Accreditation provides opportunities for institutional growth through self study, evaluation and self regulation.

d. Accreditation admits periodic review, criticism , and readjustment of its criteria, policies and procedures in response to changes in Education

SIGNIFICANT PRACTICAL VALUES OF ACCREDITATION

Accreditation benefits the institution as follows:

a. It improves the institution through self-study, self-evaluation, and self-policing, regardless of its corporate nature, philosophy and objectives.

b. It guides the public, parents and students, in the choice of quality schools that will meet their individual educational needs.

c. It simplifies transfer of academic credits: it also facilitates the transfer of students and faculty as well as faculty exchange and mutual cooperation.field warrant public and professional recognition.

d. It is one favorable actor considered in the grant of government assistance and other incentives.

e. It helps assure the public of better qualified practitioners in the different professions.

f. It lends prestige to member schools, justified by the possession of quality standards and unremitting effort to maintain and sustain them at a high level.

g. It helps identify schools whose competence and performance in a particular field warrant public and professional recognition.

OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION (OBE):

RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN QUALITY ASSURANCE

*Immediate Outcomes*Deferred outcomes

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMESExamples:

•Analytical ability•Problem-solving skill•Ability to communicate in writing, reading, speaking, and mathematically•Skill in creative expression•Skill in technology utilization•Passing the licensure examination•Initial job placement•Admission in a graduate program

DEFERRED OUTCOMESExamples:

•Promotion in job position/rank as evidence of work competence, skill and social relation

•Success in professional practice or occupation as evidence of skill in career planning, health and wellness and continuing education.

•Professional recognition, awards, distinction as evidence of civic responsibility and participation in environment conservation and other social advocacies.

Recommended Outcomes-Based Assessment Tools

•Anecdotal record•Observation guide•Interview guide•Checklist•End-of-chapter/unit/term test•Journal (notebook of student)•Literacy log book (new terms learned, etc)•Peer critique•Performance or demonstration•Portfolios•Rubrics•Written assignment•Self-assessment•Reflection essays•Standardized tests

RECOMMENDED OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Characteristics of OBA*Use of Measurable Assessment Tools*Key to OBA

1.Quality Assurance in Education

2.Voluntary accreditation as the recognized instrument for quality assurance

3.Outcomes-based Education (OBE) the recent development in voluntary accreditation :Program outcomes and student learning outcomes.

4. Curriculum mapping by matching the identified students learning outcomes with the program courses.

5. Achieving outcomes –based education throughout come –based assessment (OBA)

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER:

Thanks for listening ! :DReported by: Grace Padriagao

Date: March 12, 2016