The Assessment of the Achievement of Basic Educational Competences (ÜGK/COFO/VECOF)

The ÜGK/COFO/VECOF project is the first representative nationwide assessment of student performance in compulsory education system using Swiss measurement tools. All Swiss cantons participate in the assessment by providing a representative sample

The Swiss education goals stipulate that all students will achieve basic competencies at a given time in their school career. The ÜGK/COFO/VECOF examines the degree to which these national goals are achieved. These goals are important components of education system benchmarks, and the cantons are obliged under the Federal Constitution to work towards their harmonisation. The standardised performance tests are supplemented by surveys on students’ individual, scholastic and family circumstances, which provide information that is key to explaining the differing performance levels. The project’s overall goal is to generate the empirical basis for education policy development.

Institute Institute of Research on Teaching Profession and on Development of Competencies
Heads

Dr. Phil. Giang Hong Pham (PHSG)
Dr. phil. Franziska Maria Locher (PHSG)
Christian Nidegger (SRED)
Miriam Salvisberg (SUPSI)

Team

Eliane Arnold (PHSG)
Francesca Crotta (SUPSI)
Daniela Dütsch (PHSG)
Manuela Früh (PHSG)
Alina Hegelmann (PHSG)
Dimitra Kolovou (PHSG)
Sandra Fenaroli (SUPSI)
Eva Roos (SRED)

Project partners

SRED Geneva
IBE University of Zurich
SUPSI Locarno
SCCRE Aarau
University of Bern
HTW Chur

Duration 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2017
Financing EDK
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