Outcomes of Independent Evaluation of General Professional Competencies in Future Teachers

The paper describes the methodology and experience of conducting independent evaluations of the development of general professional competencies in students (future teachers) and their compliance with the requirements of the professional standard for teachers as well as the federal state educational standards for general education. The system of independent evaluation of professional competencies in students of teacher training programmes was tested twice within the project of modernization of teacher education with the assistance of participating universities. The evaluation involved more than 6300 students in 51 universities of the Russian Federation. It is argued that this evaluation helps to create competency-based individual and group profiles for future teachers and to assess how effective the university is in training students in accordance with the requirements of the professional standard for teachers.

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