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
Effectiveness
Term
Effectiveness
Definition
Extent to which the objectives of a policy or an intervention are achieved, usually without reference to costs.
Comment
Important to distinguish from efficiency which can generally be defined as referring to the relationship between results achieved (output) and resources used (input).
In a guidance context, it is important to distinguish between effectiveness for the individual and for the organisation (e.g. employer, guidance provider) providing the service. Effectiveness can also be measured at a societal level.
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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Links
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/4106_en.pdf
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ELGPN Glossary, effectiveness, efficiency, output, input