The Quality of Education and lt’s Assessment in The Warsaw School of Economics

Abstract

The paper discusses how the reforms introduced in the Warsaw School of Economics shape the system of education and assessment of the quality of teaching. Also, it presents the elements of the system and the prospects of development. The presently used methods of assessment are permeated with numerous deficiencies. They do not constitute a coherent system. They are dispersed nature initiatives conducted by different entities, which resulted, for instance, in the assessment of teachers with the use of four different devices, while the results were utilized in different ways. The WSE is not an exception and we expect to meet the similar situation in most higher educational institutions in Poland. At the WSE however, the construction of the system of internal quality assessment and the basics of external assessment, were initiated. The article presents planned steps of the initiated activities. The whole task is enlightened by the idea, that the assessment procedure is to be of use for the teachers to increase their skills. Thus, it should not constitute a tool of control and repression but provide teachers with positive, not negative work motivation. The assessment system should be created at the WSE and should be tested in the School units, which agree to enter the testing, on the voluntary basis. The testing procedure should be implemented into WSE yearly schedule, after the general discussion of the possible uses of the assessment results.