TVET School Entrance Examination

Location

Mongolia

Duration

2011

Donor

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Budget

62.475 USD

Description and Deliverables

Objective
Support MCA-Mongolia in the design of instruments for a rigorous impact evaluation of VET activities to assess the extent to which VET project activities, and, in particular, the establishment of a competency-based training system and complementary equipment upgrades, impact the overall quality of VET schools as well as the skill-level, productivity, employment, and income of VET graduates.

Tasks
Support the Development of a Graduate Follow-up Survey which serves as a vital part of the evaluations efforts through the development of assessment tools, namely Trade-Specific Knowledge Tests for use in several surveys that will be carried out as part of an impact evaluation study by MCC and MCA Mongolia.

Trade-Specific Knowledge Tests are developed for 43 trades to collect information on the knowledge level of VET graduates participating in the baseline data collection several months after students graduate from the VET schools. The tests are developed based on international experience taking into consideration the conditions in Mongolia; the tests developed are piloted with a relevant sample of students, assessing their effectiveness at measuring performance and knowledge, and making revisions as necessary. The tests are piloted in 10 selected VET schools. Relevant scoring mechanisms for all of the test modules are developed to allow translating the results of the Trade-specific Knowledge Tests into scores. The scoring system is designed in a way to generate comparable data across participants and trades.

Deliverables:

43 Trade-specific knowledge tests and scoring mechanisms before piloting
Piloting methodology including focus groups and cognitive interviews
Report on conclusions of the piloting
Final tests
Scoring mechanisms for each of the knowledge tests.

Services

Preparation of a work plan defining details of each activity to be taken to complete the tasks including final list of trades and piloting of knowledge tests
Drafting of Trade-Specific Knowledge Tests for 43 different trades in both Mongolian and English
Development of a scoring mechanism to be applied in the tests
Design of instructions and guidelines for administering the tests
Development of a piloting methodology and piloting documents
Conducting the piloting of tests in 10 selected VET schools
Preparation of reports summarising findings of piloting and recommendations for revision of tests
Preparation of final versions of tests
Submission of final report