Chapter 15: Assessment of EIO

The basis for evaluation of students’ Europe-oriented skills and attitudes should be created according to clearly determined standards of requirements, which can be employed in both self-evaluation and external evaluation. In the Elos program, there are two documents on the basis of which it is possible to create a consistent system of evaluation and quality control in schools. These are the Elos student portfolio¹ and the common framework for Europe competence (CFEC).² With these two documents, a multilevel system of evaluation of students’ and schools’ activity in the program can be created. CFEC is based on the framework for key competencies in a knowledge-based society, especially “civic competences,” on national guidelines from the Elos countries (regarding European and international orientation/European citizenship education), and on the common European framework of reference for languages (CEFR).³ Only European/international competency aspects have been included, not general (underlying) local/regional/national knowledge, skills, and attitudes. In each case, it is possible to introduce additional requirements related to core curricula that are in force in a given country. The universality of the standards can be helpful in the case of international comparisons, whereas the possibility of adding local requirements will help integrate EIO topics with standard school programs. In this way, it might be possible to meet the Elos program goal of closer integration of European and international topics in local educational programs.