Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

OECD AHELO Project in Korea (Ⅴ): AHELO Feasibility Study from 2009 to 2013

The importance of the quality and performance of university education is a common issue that various countries have faced. In 2008, the OECD launched the AHELO feasibility study, an initiative with the objective to assess whether it is possible to develop international measures of learning outcomes in higher education. OECD AHELO project aims to complement institution-based assessments by providing a direct evaluation of student learning outcomes at global level and to enable institutions to benchmark the performance of their students against their peers as part of their improvement efforts. The purpose of the feasibility study is to examine whether it is practically and scientifically feasible to assess what students in higher education know and can do upon graduation within and across these diverse contexts. The Korean government has joined the project since 2008 and appointed the Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI) as the National Center. Since then, the AHELO National Team within KEDI has carried out five-year research of the AHELO Feasibility Study. Throughout the five-year research from 2009 to 2013, the project aims to support the AHELO feasibility study including instrument development and assessment implementation and analyzing the results of the feasibility study. In 2013, the final phase of research is designed to analyze the result of five years study synthetically and provide an integrated information for stakeholders in higher education sectors.