General Education and Monitoring Agency

Organises the development and administration of:

• national standardized tests
• final examinations
• national external school leaving examinations
• marking of the national school leaving examination papers
• statistical processing
• analysis of the results

Organises:

• the development of the national curriculum for general education
• compilation of methodological and other resource materials supporting the implementation of the national curriculum
• the setting of proficiency examinations in Estonian as a second language, marking of the papers and analysis of the results.

• Evaluates curricula of school providing general education; provides consultationon the school curricula
• Prepares draft versions of the legal acts related to the tasks of the department and publications
• Sets the examination papers on the Estonian Constitution and the Citizenship Act.
• Creates possibilities for integration of non-Estonian-speaking population and support relevant integration processes.
• Makes layouts and copies of the national standardised tests and examination materials
• Issues certificates of the national external school leaving examinations, the Estonian language proficiency examinations, examinations on the Estonian Constitution and the Citizenship Act.

The biggest unit in Foundation Innove:

• 45 employees + about 2200 external experts (state exam compilers, assessors etc)
• 5 divisions:
  - Language division
  - Language Immersion division
  - Curriculum and Test division
  - Examination Administration division
  - International Research and Analysis division
• 3 ESF programs:
  - Preparation of Study Materials for Students with Special Educational Needs
  - Raising the Qualifications of General Education Teachers
  - Improving the Quality of Education through Internal and External Evaluation System