The Basque Education System

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The Basque Education System

• Overview

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Basque Ministry of Education http//www.hezkuntza
.ejgv.euskadi.net/r43-2722/en
Basque Institute for Reasearch and Evaluation in
Education http//www.isei-ivei.net
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Basque Country (People)

• Politically divided into three different
  Administrations (Two in Spain, one in France)
• Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
• Navarre
• French Basque Country

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The Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
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THE BASQUE LANGUAGE

• Two families of languages, the Uralic and the
  Indo-European, are to be found in Europe, but
  Basque is not genetically linked to either,
  lacking ties to family or origin.
• It is likely that an early form of the Basque
  language was present in Western Europe before the
  arrival of the Indo-European languages to the
  area, including what became the Germanic
  languages, Celtic languages, and Western Romance
  languages.
• Today, Basque is a lesser-used language in the
  Basque territories.

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The Basque Language

• But the Basque Education System can be a powerful
  tool to spread the knowledge of the language.
• The Basque language in the Education System today
  (Infant Education) more than the 90 of the
  students (Infant Education) enrolled in Basque
  Immersion Programmes

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Education Main features

• Full responsibility in Education.
• 330.000 students (2005) (except university
  levels)
• Multilingual
• Official languages Basque and Spanish (mainly
  Basque immersion)
• Main foreign language English (starting at the
  age of 4)
• Three Linguistic Models to choose.
• Preschool 100 of the students at school at the
  age of 3, 90 at 2.
• 45 of the curriculum decided in the Basque
  Country
• Compulsory Education 6 to 16 years old.

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Secondary Compulsory Education (13-16)

• The Basque education System guarantees the
  provision of compulsory education free of charge
  from ages 6 to 16.
• Education is structured on four levels
• Infant (0-5)
• Primary (up to age 12),
• Secondary (up to 16) and
• Further Education/ Vocational Training, extending
  subsequently to university, polytechnic and
  higher vocational training college studies.
• In December 2002 a decree was passed regulating
  early-learning canters for children up to the age
  of 3.
• There are four universities in the Basque
  Country, with a total of 28 faculties or
  colleges, 3 higher technical colleges and 11
  university colleges.
• The publicly-run University of the Basque Country
  (EHU-UPV) provides higher education in a range of
  areas, including Medicine, Science, Fine Arts,
  Journalism, Economics and Industrial Engineering.

High School
compulsory
Primary Education (6-12)
Infant Education (0-5)
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THE BASQUE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
IN EDUCATION

• Established in 2001
• Mission
• Assess and evaluate the whole Education System
• Carry out Educational Research
• Manage the Educational Documentation centre.

www.isei-ivei.net
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PISA 2006 RESULTS

• THE BASQUE COUNTRY IS ON THE OECD MEAN IN
  SCIENCE, MATHS AND READING

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THE PISA PICTURE 2003-2006

• PISA shows a similar picture of the Basque
  Education in 2003 and 2006
• OECD-average achievement in the 3 Key
  Competences.
• Equity, very similar results for all students.
• Less low scores than in the OECD but less
  excellence.

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THE SAMPLE TO OBTAIN RESULTS BY LINGUISTIC
MODELS AND PUBLIC/PRIVATE
WITH PUBLIC FUNDS
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STRATA
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SCIENCE 495, BETTER THAN IN 2003
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COUNTRIES AT THE SAME LAVEL THAN BASQUE IN SCIENCE
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SCIENCE LEVELS LESS LOW SCORES THAN OECD BUT
LESS EXCELLENCE TOO
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WE HAVE IMPROVED RESULTS IN 2006 COMPARING WITH
2003
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THE PICTURE OF THE BASQUE EDUCATION SYSTEM

• PISA 2006

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ESCS AND SCIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN EXPECTED
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MORE EFFICIENT SCHOOLS WITH LOW ESCS STUDENTS
THAN OECD
BASQUE gradient
OECD gradient
The sample is not good for schools
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EQUITY

• Gerard F.M. (2001)Le concept déquité est lie a
  la justice sociale un système éducatif est
  dautant plus équitable quil réduit les
  disparités entre les plus forts et les plus
  faibles, entre les groupes favorises et
  défavorises.
•  The concept of Equity is linked with the social
  justice an education system is more equitable if
  it reduces disparities between the strongest and
  the wekest, between advantaged and disadvantaged
  groups. 

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ABSOLUTE EQUITY OF STUDENTS AT gt1 AND 1 LEVELS
(15,7), BETTER THAN THE OECD AVERAGE
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EQUITYLOW DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE
WORSE SCORES (PERC. 5 AND 95)
SOURCE IE
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EQUITY PUBLIC-PRIVATE SCHOOLS ESCS THE LOWEST
DIFFERENCE AMONG SPANISH COMMUNITIES
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MATHEMATICS AN READING RESULTS

• 2006

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MATHEMATICS RESULTS 2006
MATHEMATICS
THE SAME RESULT IN 2003
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EVOLUTION 2003-2006 SAME RESULT
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READING RESULTS 2006
READING
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EVOLUTION 2003-2006 LOWER SCORE IN 2006
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PISA 2006SCIENCE RESULTS AND REGIONS,
COMMUNITIES AND TERRITORIES

• ISEI-IVEI
• BASQUE COUNTRY

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ESCS LEVELS
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VARIANCE EXPLAINED BY ESCS SMALL INFLUENCE OF
THIS VARIABLE
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SCIENCE RESULT AND ESCS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN
EXPECTED
Bolzano
Veneto
Scotland
Basque
Liguria
Andalusia
Campania
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MATHEMATICS RESULT AND ESCS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN
EXPECTED
Flemish C.
La Rioja
C.-León
Trento
Scotland
Basque
Andalusia
Liguria
Sicilia
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READING SCORE AND ESCS EXPECTED RESULT
Friuli VG
Veneto
Bolzano
Basque
Galicia
Andalusia
Sicilia
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CHANGES THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING NOW

• New Curriculum Decree, introducing Basic
  Competences.
• Our amount of hours in science is the lowest
  comparing with the Spanish Communities we will
  increase teaching hours in Science.

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DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

• We will start in 2009 with census external
  assessments (all students every year)
• The aim is to know the acquisition of the Basic
  Competences in Primary 4th and L. Secondary 2nd,
  2 years before the end of the Primary and
  Secondary, to solve problems and improve results.
• The 8 Competences Competences in Science and
  Technology, Learning to learn, Mathematical
  Competence, Linguistic Communication, Information
  and Communication Technologies, Social and civic
  Competences, Personal autonomy and
  entrepreneurship.

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A COMBINATION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS

• We will provide, the next year, tests for schools
  for internal voluntary assessment.
• At the same time we will apply external tests to
  provide reliable and comparable measures to the
  school, professors and parents.
• It is a very challenging project for the
  ISEI-IVEI 35.000 students every year with short
  periods for data analysis an reporting.

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EUROPE 2010 INDICATORS AND THE BASQUE COUNTRY

• THE LISBON OBJECTIVES

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PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS FINISHING POST-COMPULSORY
SECONDARY EDUCATION 2005
BASQUE COUNTRY 80.4 EU 77.3
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PARTICIPATION IN LIFELONG LEARNING 2005
BASQUE COUNTRY 15.1 EU 10.8
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EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS RATE 2005
BASQUE COUNTRY 13.9 EU 14.9
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MATEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES 2005
BASQUE COUNTRY 25.3 EU 12.3
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