Ruminations on the evaluation and educational quality in Colombia

Abstract

The present investigation was framed under the paradigm or analytical qualitative approach, which aims to analyze two closely, related topics, such as: evaluation and educational quality, firstly, in a general context and subsequently as addressed in the Colombian context. The data is obtained from a thorough bibliographic review, where it is evident that evaluation occupies, increasingly, an important place in the educational system, since it is impossible to educate without evaluating and, in that sense, both international organizations and Governments have been concerned about this issue, implementing standardized tests to measure, in some way, the quality of education that is being provided. Colombia, not oblivious to this, has its own evaluation systems and its own tests, with which it measures the type of education it is offering.

Keywords

• calidad
• educación
• evaluación