EVALUATION OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COMPETENCES

The quality evaluation problem in training of students at competence-based approach is considered in the article. The technique of creation of a negentropic assessment of level of the competences formation of graduates students is offered. The article deals with the special learning curves, which provide the opportunity to be more precise in defi ning the dependence of the level of the students' competence formation of the on their scoring

Improving the quality of the industrial enterprise management based on the network-centric approach

The article examines the network-centric approach to the industrial enterprise management to improve the ef ciency and effectiveness in the implementation of production plans and maximize responsiveness to customers. A network-centric management means the decentralized enterprise group management. A group means a set of enterprise divisions, which should solve by joint efforts a certain case that occurs in the production process. The network-centric management involves more delegation of authority to the lower elements of the enterprise’s organizational structure.The industrial enterprise is considered as a large complex system (production system) functioning and controlled amidst various types of uncertainty: information support uncertainty and goal uncertainty or multicriteria uncertainty. The information support uncertainty occurs because the complex system functioning always takes place in the context of incomplete and fuzzy information. Goal uncertainty or multicriteria uncertainty caused by a great number of goalsestablished for the production system.The network-centric management task de nition by the production system is formulated. The authors offer a mathematical model for optimal planning of consumers’ orders production with the participation of the main enterprise divisions. The methods of formalization of various types of uncertainty in production planning tasks are considered on the basis of the application of the fuzzy sets theory. An enterprise command center is offered as an effective tool for making management decisions by divisions.The article demonstrates that decentralized group management methods can improve the ef ciency and effectiveness of the implementation of production plans through the self-organization mechanisms of enterprise divisions

USE VS ACT, OR WHAT AND HOW IS TESTED IN ENTERING EXEMINATIONS TO UNIVIRSITIES IN RUSSIA AND THE USA

The article offers a comparative analysis for two testing systems: USE (Unified State Examination) introduced in Russia, and ACT (American College Testing) used in the USA. Starting from aims and intentions and followed by organizational aspects, differences in these two systems are discussed in the paper. Dissimilarities concern the final use of the both systems, tested parameters, the number of tests, periodicity of examinations and the time the results are valid. It is underlined in the article, that the main parameters, strongly monitored in the ACT system, are the qualities, defining the readiness of enrollees to study at Universities

ON THE CONCEPT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FEDERAL STATE HIGHER EDUCATION STANDARDS

The article offers a concept of the development of new federal state standards for higher education. The distinctive feature of the proposed standards is to establish relations between the education objectives and disciplinary field of an education program. This allows to link more closely the developed standards to the international system of personnel training and contributes to the creation of a common education space both within the country and international cooperation. This can be ensured by making up catalogues with lists of disciplines and annotations of education programs. Applying to Russian conditions such catalogues canbe elaborated for aggregate groups of disciplines. An integrated quality assessment of learning outcomes includes a case study collection for evaluation of professional goals achievement. The ability to solve case study tasks can be considered as a main criterion of a graduate’s training quality

THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH TO FUND OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERMEDIATE EVALUATION OF AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT

Recommendations on formation and implementation of Fund of Assessment Tools (FAT) to control the level ofprogress in an academic subject in intermediate certification stages for bachelor, specialist and master programs are suggested. The proposed structure of FAT, recommended indicators and assessment criteria allow to assess more objectively disciplinary parts and competency components