Weiterbildung entscheidet sich vor Ort. Volkshochschuldaten im kommunalen Weiterbildungsmonitoring

The report introduces the topic of municipal education monitoring based on the »Aachen Declaration« on municipal educational responsibility by the German Association of Cities and Towns. The statistics on adult education centres are essential for the still limited local continuing education monitoring. Two examples (Rheingau-Taunus district and City of Trier) explicate the data benefits, which indicate strengths and weaknesses and reveal operative requirements to decision makers in institutions and communities. The report also covers the limits in the potential of municipal education monitoring based on both insufficient data as well as the theoretical nature: Evidence-based monitoring tools have a supportive character and cannot replace the decision-making progress.