Management of learning performance assessment and evaluation by capacity-based approach at Vietnamese military academies:Current situation and solutions

• Main Authors: Tran, Thi Hoai, Pham, Van Phong
• Other Authors: Kỷ yếu hội thảo quốc tế giáo dục cho mọi người (Proceedings of international conference education for all)
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Đại học quốc gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: Management; Assessment and evaluation; Learning performance; Military academies
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/95318
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Assessment and evaluation are important activities directly affecting the training quality of educational institutions. Assessment and evaluation not only verify the level of learners but also become effective tools for teaching and learning that help develop learners’ capacity. To appraise the actual status of the assessment and evaluation activities, we surveyed 5 out of 8 military academies (academies with tertiary training) across the country, accounting for 62.5%. The results indicate some inadequacies such as the forms of assessment and evaluation are not really suitable for the military occupations; the management decentralization is not clear, etc. Especially, learners’ capacity assessment is very fuzzy. The paper presents the theories, the current situation of these activities, and proposes seven measures to manage the implementation of capacity-based assessment and evaluation to ultimately improve the quality of higher education in military academies of Vietnam.