Model for Self-assessment of the Internal Quality Assurance System in Context of European Standards and Guidelines Requirements

摘要

The paper deals with the problems of assessing the compliance level of internal quality assurance system with the requirements of European standards and guidelines. The basis of the calculations is the self-assessment procedure based on the composite index evaluation technology. An approach to design a system of initial indicators for calculating the composite index and the procedure for their scaling are proposed. The algorithm for calculating the values of the composite index, which is oriented toward the use of weighted additive convolution, is described. At the same time, it takes into account the nature of the output indicators. The rules for establishing the correspondence between the quantitative and qualitative values of the level of internal quality assurance system are given. Evaluation can be carried out both at the institutional level and at the level of individual academic programme. The article contains examples of indicators and initial indexes that can be used in the assessing procedures for identification the level of internal quality assurance. An example of calculations for the proposed approach is presented. The results of the assessment can be used to identify weak positions in internal quality assurance system, track the dynamics of quality assurance level as a whole, and for its individual components.