El Uso de Datos de Evaluaciones Educativas en Brasil, Chile y Argentina

Abstract

A great amount of information related to the assessment of educational progress is available in Latin America, especially after the implementation of educational reforms during the last decades. This article aims to map how researchers use data of educational assessments conducted in Brazil, Chile and Argentina. The methodology used for identifying and selecting studies was a search for publications through the CAPES database, between 1994 and 2014. Using the keywords: "school performance", “rendimiento escolar” (in Spanish) and “rendimento escolar” (in Portuguese), SAEB, SIMCE and "National Operational Assessment"; 27 empirical studies using assessment data related to the three countries concerned were selected. The most frequently used technique in these articles was multilevel regression analysis. The review indicated that practically all of the selected articles analyzed the impact of factors associated to school performance. However, educational assessment data were also used to evaluate the role of schools in promoting equity and to estimate the impact of educational programs. The results of the present study allow the general conclusion that the revised articles supply information that can support policies that contribute the improvement of education.