Abstract

RIVERA FIGUEROA, Antonio; GUERRERO MAGANA, María de Lourdes; SEPULVEDA LOPEZ, Armando  and  DE ALAIZOLA ARIZMENDI, Iñaqui. La pertinencia del Examen único de ingreso al bachillerato. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2006, vol.28, n.111, pp.71-88. ISSN 0185-2698.

Is a multiple choice test, like that of the CENEVAL, the best form to select students for high school admission? In trying to respond this and other similar questions, we present in this paper the results of the analysis to the included Mathematics and Mathematical Abilities items in the 2004 Preparation Guide to take the EXANI-I test. The Preparation Guide is available on the CENEVAL Internet web page. In this paper, we also report the results of the application of these items to different students groups. The analysis of these results has shown that the EXANI-I test can be discriminating specific students, not because their lack of mathematical knowledge or their poor mathematical ability, but by another type of factors like the item and test design, or gender aspects.

Keywords : Evaluation; Bacherlor's degree; Mathematics; Mathematical skills; Pattern recognition.