Abstract

HEVIA DE LA JARA, Felipe J.  and  VERGARA-LOPE TRISTAN, Samana. Educational evaluations carried out by citizens in Mexico: Validation of the Independent Assessment of Learning instrument. Innov. educ. (Méx. DF) [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.70, pp.85-108. ISSN 1665-2673.

In the last decade citizen-led evaluations have been developed in different countries in Asia and Africa. These evaluations are innovative, given that they provide sources of information that complement governmental assessments and promote social participation in education. The citizen-led evaluations are based on the development of simple but robust instruments that allow measuring basic skills. The objective of this article is to validate the Independent Assessment of Learning instrument (MIA) that is comprised of 10 test items and aims to measure the basic skills (mathematical operations and reading) of children and adolescents between 5 and 16 years of age. The instrument was tested to determine to scale, eliminate items and determine reliability, as well as to validate three parallel versions. The instrument acquired an index of sufficient internal consistency and a high coefficient of equivalence in the parallel tests. The conclusion is that the MIA permits a valid and reliable measurement of basic skills in Mexico.

Keywords : Evaluation instruments; learning evaluation; reliability; social participation; test validity.

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