Evaluating school and parent reports of the national student achievement testing system (SIMCE) in Chile: Access, comprehension, and use

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Taut, Sandy ^a   Cortés, Flavio ^a   Sebastian, Christian ^a   Preiss, David ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Evaluation; National student achievement testing system; Reporting; School and parent reports

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILE; COMPREHENSION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60949101119     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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