Enhancement-led evaluation
FINEEC’s evaluation activities are based on an enhancement-led evaluation approach. The approach guides FINEEC's evaluation activities in ECEC and all levels of education.
The defining characteristics of enhancement-led evaluation that guide the evaluation of education and ECEC are:
- goal and future orientation
- participatory and interactive approach
- the use of tailored methods
- focus on supporting change.
Enhancement-led evaluation is an operating principle that combines evaluation and active enhancement. Enhancement-led evaluation is participatory and based on trust between the evaluator and the participant and on the responsibility of education organisations to develop their own activities.
Enhancement-led evaluation has a history dating back decades in Finland.