Wirkungen von Weiterbildungstests

Effects of continuing education tests Continuing education tests aim at improving transparency of the quality of programmes on offer and initiating processes to improve quality at providers of continuing education. But what has the impact of continuing education tests been to date? The authors present selected results of an evaluation study. From a demand perspective, continuing education has not been transparent since the introducti on of educational testing in 2002, either. 54% of the population and 59% of providers of continuing education which were surveyed consider compara tive continuing education tests by Stiftung Warentest to be important, a majority of provid ers of continuing education are sceptical. Around on e in four tested provi ders state that they ha ve changed the programm es they offer as a re sult of the t ests while almost o ne i n t hree hav e e xpa nde d t hei r p rogr amme s o n offe r as a resu lt o f the tests. The use of continuing education tests by providers and other customers is on the rise, but market penetration could still be increased. In closing, the article proposes five fields of focus which could boost the effectiveness of continuing education tests.