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Continuing education tests aim at improving transparency of the quality of programmes on offer and initiating processes to improve quality at providers of continuing education. But what has the impact of continuing education tests been to date? The authors present selected results of an evaluation study. From a demand perspective, continuing education has not been transparent since the introduction of educational testing in 2002, either. 54% of the population and 59% of providers of continuing education which were surveyed consider comparative continuing education tests by Stiftung Warentest to be important; a majority of providers of continuing education are sceptical. Around one in four tested providers state that they have changed the programmes they offer as a result of the tests while almost one in three have expanded their programmes on offer as a result of the tests. The use of continuing education tests by providers and other customers is on the rise, but market penetration could still be increas ed. in closing, the article proposes five fields of focus which could boost the effectiveness of continuing education tests.