Definition

In education and training, distinctive mark (or characteristic) for assessing the quality of an education and training system or of the education and training activities of an organisation.

Comment:

• Quality criteria should be supplied with one or several indicators depending on the complexity of the criteria;
• the four quality criteria to be used when implementing EQAVET are:
• planning reflects a strategic vision shared by relevant stakeholders and includes explicit objectives, actions and indicators;
• implementation plans are devised in consultation with stakeholders and include explicit principles;
• evaluation of outcomes and processes is regularly carried out and supported by measurement;
• review of processes.

Source: Cedefop (2023) "Terminology of European education and training policy: A selection of key terms"