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OLD CEDE

• Italian Parliament (DPR no. 419 of 31 May 1974)
• Two research and documentation institutes
• The Education Documentation Library, based in
  Florence
• The Centro Europeo DellEducazione (CEDE), based
  in Frascati (Rome)
• Regional school education research and training
  institutes
• Links with European Union initiatives and
  participation in International Studies on issues
  relating to education and training processes.

National Responsibilities collaboration with
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1974 the structure
PRESIDENT
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SECRETARY (Appointed by the Minister)
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICE UNIT
Administration
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The Institutes organisational structure

• Four departments and a service unit, as follows
• The Department of Studies and Research on
  Education System Programming and Costing
• The Department of Studies and Research on
  Permanent and Recurrent Education, also with
  reference to transformation and employment
• The Department of Studies and Research on
  Learning Problems and Evaluation and on the Use
  of Educational Technologies
• The Department of Studies and Research on
  Educational Innovation and on the In-Service
  Training of Inspection, Executive and Teaching
  Personnel
• The Documentation and Information Service

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EPR DEPARTMENT
The Department of Studies and Research on
Permanent and Recurrent Education started to
carry out an important role for two reasons

• In 1972 a national trade union contract
  established the right for employed workers to
  devote part of their paid working time to
  education and training activities.
• In 1974 there were still no chairs in Adult
  Education in our universities.

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The Evalutation of the Education System Commission
On 1996 a commission was set up at CEDE CEDE
received specific funding for special projects
linked to the experimentation of a model for
evaluation system functioning
1974-1999 CEDE guaranteed Italian participation
to IEA studies (on school children) and to OECD
studies (on adults), and was an associate of
ESREA, EAEA, ERDI and so on.
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A period of transition
July 1999 Legislative decree for the President
of the Republic (n.258)
Reorganisation of the
Centro Europeo dell'Educazione and of
the Education Library, and the transformation of
the National Science and
Technology Museum Leonardo da
Vinci into a foundation. CEDE was turned into
the National Institute for the Evaluation of the
Education System (INVALSI).
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A period of transition
The Institute is under the supervision of the
Ministry of Education, which issues a
directive every year establishing the strategic
priorities that the Institute must take into
account in the conduction of its activities.
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A period of transition

• The presidential decree gave the Institute the
  following tasks
• Evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of
  the education system, considering the Italian
  situation within a broader international context
• Studying the causes of student failure at school
• Carrying out evaluation activities in relation to
  user satisfaction
• Providing support to administrations for
  evaluation initiatives carried out by the
  administrations
• Evaluating the effects of innovation initiatives
  at national level
• Guaranteeing Italian participation in
  international research projects within the
  evaluation field and in sectors linked to
  organisational and didactic innovation.

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SCHEME OF ACTIVITIES
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Current organisation (no. 313/2000)
 

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Current organisation (no. 313/2000)
The National Institute (INVALSI) keeps its
administrative and accounting autonomy It can
thus autonomously program its activities in line
with the priorities established by the directive
issued by the Ministry every year on the basis of
the available funds

• State funding.
• Financing from agreements, commercial activities
  and other initiatives in line with the
  Institutes aims.

The personnel is now part of the research
workers national contract and their salaries are
thus included in the Institutes budget (this is
a work in progress).
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Political Context

• School autonomy (Law 1958/1997)
• Start-up of an integrated system between
  education and vocational training
• The long process for turning the Italian state
  into a federal system (constitutional law no. 3
  of 18 October 2001)

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Start-up of an integrated system between
education and vocational training
EDUCATION SYSTEM

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TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL SYSTEM

• Integration in order to aims of the integrated
  system
• Provide for more appropriate grounding of youth
  in relation to job market demands
• Lifelong learning initiatives the participation
  of adults in education and training activities.

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Start-up of an integrated system between
education and vocational training
Compulsory education or training was extended to
age 18
carried out
SCHOOL (obtaining a diploma)
VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
creation of non-university post-diploma courses
higher specialised technical occupations
Need adult education monitor within the Education
System
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The long process for turning the Italian State
into a federal system (constitutional law no. 3
of 18 October 2001)
Modification of the fifth title of the
Constitution The institutional subjects making up
the Republic are the following

• The State and, in conditions of absolute parity,
  the Regions, Provinces, Metropolitan Cities and
  Municipalities
• Legislative powers lie with the State and with
  the Regions
• For the education system, in particular, the
  State will provide general guidelines and will
  contribute to Regional authority legislation,
  etc.
• Schools will have autonomy within the general
  norms established by the Ministry and the
  legislation in force.

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Delegated Law 14 march 2002
March 2002 The new government received the task
of defining the general norms on education
and the necessary levels of performance as
regards education and vocational training.
Art. 3 The National Institute (INVALSI) has a
fundamental role in evaluating the processes
of reform and in the overall evaluation of the
education system.
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The 8th Ministiry Directive

• 6 August 2002 the Ministry priorities
• Implementation of the pilot project for the
  evaluation of the education system according to
  the guidelines of the work group operating at the
  Ministry of Education.
• Continuation of the activities linked to the
  participation in OECD and EU international
  studies.
• Continuation of the activities of the monitor on
  student drop-out phenomena and adult education.
• Revision and implementation of all projects
  underway with particular reference to
• The state examination
• School system reform
• The redefinition of INVALSIs mission.

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A NEW PHASE OF REORGANIZATION

• The Plan of 2002 activities involves four areas
• Activities linked to the development of an
  integrated system of education and vocational
  training (these activities can also be carried
  out via agreements with local authorities and
  other institutes)
• Activities linked to didactic innovation and to
  projects on quality in schools
• National studies linked to the development of an
  evaluation and self-evaluation system
• International studies.

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The activities in the field of Adult
education in the new context
The activities in the field of adult education