KAPPAS! in English

Final report in English:
Ursin, J., Hyytinen, H., & Silvennoinen, K. (eds.) (2021). Assessment of undergraduate students' generic skills in Finland: Findings of the Kappas! project. Publications of Ministry of Education and Culture 2021:31. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-263-901-1

What is KAPPAS?

• KAPPAS! investigates undergraduate students’ generic skills and the development of these skills during studies in Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences.
• KAPPAS! produces important information for higher education institutions on the learning outcomes of their students in order to support the development of teaching and learning.
• Students participating in the test will receive their own test results indicating the level of their generic skills.

What is studied?

• Generic skills; Analytic reasoning and evaluation, problem solving, argumentative writing and writing mechanics.
• Generic skills are measured by the Collegiate Learning Assessment CLA+ International instrument developed by the US-based Council for Aid to Education (CAE).
• The instrument includes a 60-minute Performance Task and a 30-minute section for 25 Selected-Response items.

Who are studied?

• Beginning and graduating students from 11 universities and 7 universities of applied sciences in Finland.
• In each higher education institution, about 200 beginning and 200 graduating students will be tested.

When will the testing take place?

• An Internet-based testing will be carried out in August 2019 - March 2020.
• The results will be reported at the end of 2020.