Results of higher education evaluation: Dilemma,reflection and direction
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    Evaluation results are the bridge between evaluation activities and practice improvement. Only by perfecting the application of evaluation results can we form a closed-loop process of improving education quality and highlight the development value of evaluation. However, in the process of concrete implementation, the evaluation results are either ignored, or presented as competitive, hierarchical, etc., which are not conducive to the sustainable development of evaluation. The evaluation results have not been fully utilized to implement the goal of "strong hardness" and "long teeth" and promote the improvement of educational governance efficiency. At present, when academic circles talk about evaluation, they usually involve the related problems of evaluation results, but there is a lack of specialized research. The double deficiency of practice and theory provides space for further research on evaluation results. In October, 2020, the first document on systematic reform of educational evaluation in China—"The General Plan for Deepening the Reform of Educational Evaluation in the New Era" (hereinafer referred to as the "plan"), proposed to reverse the unscientific orientation of educational evaluation and improve the evaluation of results, aiming at reflecting on the negative impact of the current popular evaluation of results, thus reforming the "five-dimensional" tendency that hinders the development of high-quality education, promoting the construction of double first-class universities, and further educating people with evaluation empowerment. The publication of this document not only reflects the importance attached by the state to the evaluation, but also highlights the urgency of solving the problems in the evaluation. Based on this, with the value pursuit of "improving the evaluation of results and strengthening the use of results", this paper comprehensively looks at the evaluation results of higher education from the aspects of presentation form, feedback mode, attitude of relevant subjects, interpretation path and application orientation. It is found that there is a common phenomenon of "five-light and five-heavy" in the current evaluation of educational results, that is, it presents the dilemmas of emphasizing quantity over quality in form, emphasizing notification over negotiation in feedback mode, emphasizing acceptance over questioning in attitude towards results, emphasizing entity over relationship in the interpretation of results, emphasizing utility over value in the application of results, etc. Finding the problem is to solve the problem, and the premise of solving the problem is to trace the root cause of the problem. Only in this way can we aim at the target. Following the thinking logic of "idea-system-operation", we should deeply and systematically reflect on the root causes of problems, which are caused by the deviation of educational evaluation ideas, the unscientific evaluation system and the complexity of application of evaluation results. Perfecting the application of results evaluation, implementing the evaluation concept of the "Plan" and realizing the value pursuit of "breaking through the five only" are the ownership and foothold of the research. In view of the fact that the key of evaluation lies in people, and any action of people can not be separated from the support of the system, this paper selects the analysis framework of "people-system" and puts forward detailed and feasible opinions, which can provide reference for giving full play to the development function of evaluation, establishing and perfecting the mechanism of cultivating people by virtue, and promoting the all-round development of people and building a socialist modernization power mentioned in the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee. Suggestions are put forward including improving the evaluation ability of administrative personnel, enhancing the professionalism of implementers and mobilizing the enthusiasm of implementers, perfecting the supervision mechanism of evaluation process, optimizing the use mechanism of evaluation results, and establishing the tracking mechanism of evaluation improvement, etc.

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时艳芳.高等教育评价结果:困境、反思与改进[J].重庆大学学报社会科学版,2022,28(2):108~120

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