Article published in El Comercio , Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Santiago
For Cueto
In early December, reported the results of the PISA international study , which evaluated the performance of students aged 15 in math, reading and science. In our country, much of the discussion so far has focused on a partial reading of the results and the search for perpetrators. Regarding the latter, PISA is not designed to determine the success or failure of government education or programs, but rather serves as a general analysis of student performance, linking this to their characteristics and the contexts in which learning and living.
on the performance of students PISA shows that on average, Peru has substantially improved their scores since 2001, yet we continue towards the tail of participating countries. This does not mean that our education system is the worst or the worst in the world, as is often said. PISA is an evaluation organized by the OECD for its member countries, and shall include guests with a lower level of development such as Peru.
There is no need to exaggerate the results, the existing ones are very disturbing. What has been said recently is that PISA contains other information of great interest.
One of the most striking is that the gap in performance between students of high and low socioeconomic status is higher in Peru than any other country evaluated. This result confirms the findings in other studies. For example, a recent international study of Unesco and annual evaluations of the Ministry of Education found higher educational outcomes for students of high socioeconomic status, private schools, urban and Castilian as their mother tongue. On the other hand, studies such as PISA and Young Lives show that students with higher performance usually attend higher educational institutions with infrastructure and human resources, ie, have greater educational opportunities.
This is not a recent problem, so the relevant question is how to make education not an instrument that would perpetuate inequities, but to assist the development of a more just society. The first line should continue to participate in assessments and studies that give data on performance, but not enough to see the ranking and overall score, but it is essential to analyze factors associated with, so on that basis can design policies designed to raise the average at the same time reducing inequities such as these. This should be a central theme in the educational proposals for the presidential campaign gets underway.
on the performance of students PISA shows that on average, Peru has substantially improved their scores since 2001, yet we continue towards the tail of participating countries. This does not mean that our education system is the worst or the worst in the world, as is often said. PISA is an evaluation organized by the OECD for its member countries, and shall include guests with a lower level of development such as Peru.
There is no need to exaggerate the results, the existing ones are very disturbing. What has been said recently is that PISA contains other information of great interest.
One of the most striking is that the gap in performance between students of high and low socioeconomic status is higher in Peru than any other country evaluated. This result confirms the findings in other studies. For example, a recent international study of Unesco and annual evaluations of the Ministry of Education found higher educational outcomes for students of high socioeconomic status, private schools, urban and Castilian as their mother tongue. On the other hand, studies such as PISA and Young Lives show that students with higher performance usually attend higher educational institutions with infrastructure and human resources, ie, have greater educational opportunities.
This is not a recent problem, so the relevant question is how to make education not an instrument that would perpetuate inequities, but to assist the development of a more just society. The first line should continue to participate in assessments and studies that give data on performance, but not enough to see the ranking and overall score, but it is essential to analyze factors associated with, so on that basis can design policies designed to raise the average at the same time reducing inequities such as these. This should be a central theme in the educational proposals for the presidential campaign gets underway.
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