Output (quality)
Term
Output (quality)
Definition
Immediate and direct tangible result of an intervention.
Comment
In the context of lifelong guidance, the term ‘output’ is commonly used to refer to a guidance provider’s volumes of delivery, its ‘turnover’, or ‘throughput’: for example, the number of interventions delivered per quarter or the number of interventions per client.
Both ‘outcome’ and ‘output’ refer to the effects or end-results that the project or service is designed to produce.
Source
Cedefop (2011). Glossary: Quality in education and training. Luxembourg: Publications Office. Available from Internet: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/4106_en.pdf
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ELGPN Glossary, quality, intervention, output, outcomes
Outcome (quality)
Term
Outcome (quality)
Definition
Positive or negative longer-term socio-economic change or impact that occurs directly or indirectly from an intervention’s input, activities and output.
Comment
In the context of lifelong guidance, the term ‘outcome’ is commonly used to describe the effect that a service has had, either on the individual client, or on the wider community or economy as a whole. In this sense, ‘outcome’ is really what is meant by the ‘impact’ or ‘impact measure’ of a service, i.e. the learning, social and/or economic outcomes achieved by the individual.
Both ‘outcome’ and ‘output’ refer to the effects or end-results that the project or service is designed to produce.
Source
Cedefop (2011). Glossary: Quality in education and training. Luxembourg: Publications Office. Available from Internet: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/4106_en.pdf
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ELGPN Glossary, impact, input, output, outcomes
Economic and social outcomes of guidance
Term
Economic and social outcomes of guidance
Definition
Guidance has social and economic outcomes: in particular, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of education, training and the labour market through its contribution to reducing drop-out, preventing skill mismatches, increasing job tenure and boosting productivity; and also addressing social equity and social inclusion.
Comment
Economic and social outcomes are usually considered together as the two outcomes are closely linked.
See separate definitions of ‘Guidance outcomes’, ‘Learning outcomes of guidance’ and the definition of ‘Outcome (quality)’.
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ELGPN Glossary, guidance, outcomes, mismatch, social inclusion, quality