Abstract

CARRO-OLVERA, Adriana  and  LIMA-GUTIERREZ, José Alfonso. Impact Evaluation of the Full-time Schools Program in the State of Tlaxcala. Revista Col. San Luis [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.23, 00006.  Epub May 27, 2024. ISSN 2007-8846.  https://doi.org/10.21696/rcsl122320221341.

In the last two decades in different Latin American countries the educational systems established as an improvement strategy the extension of the school schedule under an inclusion and educational equity scope. In the case of Mexico, a Full Time Schools Program was implemented in 2007 with that purpose. In this context, this article evaluates the impact of the program in basic education schools in the state of Tlaxcala. Through a mixed methodology the impact of two treated groups was identified: the intervention or experimental group represented by the extended schedule program schools and the control group represented by normal schedule schools. The quantitative methodology consisted in the administering of questionnaires in 110 schools and the qualitative was developed through focused groups with the beneficiaries of the program. The results show an improvement in the infrastructure, feeding, equipment, curricular coverage and collaborative work among teachers, but regarding learning levels obtained via PLANEA (Plan Nacional para la Evaluacion de los Aprendizajes) test reports, the achievements are not so meaningful.

Keywords : schools; full time; regular school schedule; evaluation; impact.