Education and Learning
In the past several years, there have been improvements in Peruvian education. For example, enrollment rates have increased, and there is an observable trend toward improvement in standardized test scores. However, there is still much to be done in terms of the quality, equality, and relevance of education in Peru.
Therefore, all GRADE studies focus on identifying the existing challenges for the Peruvian educational system in achieving its intended impact on society. In these studies, GRADE researchers place significant emphasis on educational inequality. As such, our researchers have conducted studies on the effects of poverty, living in rural areas, race and ethnicity (with a focus on indigenous peoples and the Afro-Peruvian community), and disability on educational opportunities and success. GRADE researchers have likewise incorporated a gender component into many studies.
Informed by these studies as well as others, GRADE researchers have been directly involved in policy debates in numerous sectors of government, including those of the Ministry of Education and other institutions working on topics in education.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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María Balarin Bonazzi
PhD en Educational Policy - University of Bath
María is a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) where she has a broad portfolio of both applied and academic research. Her applied work focuses on the analysis and qualitative evaluation of educational and social policies, with a special focus on processes of policy implementation. Her academic work has mostly focused […]
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Martín Benavides Abanto (on leave)
PhD en Sociology - Pennsylvania State University
Martín Benavides has a PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he also attained a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. He has a degree in Sociology and a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and has been a visiting student on issues of social mobility and inequality at Nuffield College […]
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Santiago Cueto Caballero
PhD en Educational Psychology - Indiana University
Santiago Cueto holds a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a PhD in the same field from Indiana University in the United States. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California at Davis and the University of Oxford. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE, […]
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Gabriela Guerrero Barnechea
PhD en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Gabriela Guerrero has a PhD in Educational Sciences from the KU Leuven in Belgium and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a major in Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She is currently a […]
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Juan León Jara-Almonte
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Juan has a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with mention in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His research interests are inequality in education, intercultural bilingual education, early […]
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Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui
M.A. en Sociology - Johns Hopkins University
Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui graduated in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She obtained her MA and concluded her doctoral studies in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked for GRADE as a Senior Researcher since 1985 and was Executive Director of the institution between 1988 and 1998. Her […]
Associated Researchers
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Carmela Chávez Irigoyen
PhD en - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmela Chávez Irigoyen holds a PhD in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where she also obtained a Degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences. She has a Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Human Rights and a Master’s Degree in Fundamental Rights from the Carlos III University in Madrid. […]
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Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
PhD en - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Vanessa holds a PhD in Sociology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she […]
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Néstor Valdivia Vargas
PhD candidate en Sociology - El Colegio de México
Néstor Valdivia is studying for a PhD in Sociology at El Colegio de México and holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently an Associate Researcher at GRADE in the fields of poverty and equality, education, the labor market and human development. He has worked on development and […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Antonio Campos Flores
PhD candidate en - University of San Andrés, Argentina
Antonio is a PhD Candidate in Economics from the University of San Andrés in Argentina. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of San Andrés and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He has been a coordinator of educational policy evaluations at the Ministry of […]
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Liliana Miranda Molina
Master en - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Liliana has a master’s degree in Education Research from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She worked at the Ministry of Education (MINEDU), first as Head of MINEDU’s Quality Measurement Unit and then as Vice-Minister of Pedagogical Management. Currently, Liliana is an Adjunct […]
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María Fernanda Rodríguez García
Master en - Cambridge University
María Fernanda holds a master’s degree in Education, Globalization & International Development from Cambridge University in United Kingdom and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as an Adjunct Researcher.
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Paola Sarmiento Huerta
Master in Arts en - University of British Columbia
Paola holds a MA on Educational Policy from University of British Columbia (UBC) and has a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She has been part of educational reform processes in Peru such as the Public Teaching Career and the University Reform. In addition, she has been a member of the […]
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Claudia Sugimaru Arakaki
Máster en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from KU Leuven in Belgium and a degree in Psychology with a major in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Currently, she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Jessica Tapia Soriano
Master en - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Jessica holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and the Pedagogical Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) Project.
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Verónica Villarán Bedoya
Master en - Social Sciences with an orientation on Education
Verónica holds a Degree in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Between 2011 and 2014 she worked at the Ministry of Education, first as Director of Educational Research and Documentation and […]
External Consultants
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Marcela Ponce de León
Master en - University College London
Marcela holds a Master in Policy Studies in Education from the University College London, UK and has a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as a consultant for the “Design of an evidence-based project on early childhood development in Peru for the Porticus Foundation” project lead by Gabriela […]
Research Assistants
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Gera Ríos Espinoza
Graduate en -
Gera is a graduate of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Gera is a research assistant in the “Conecta Ideas” project.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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David Baker
PhD en - Johns Hopkins University
David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the impact of education on individuals and societies, international comparisons of school organization, academic outcomes, and educational policy. His most recent book is The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University […]
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marjorie Chinen
PhD en - University of California
Marjorie is a Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Research Methodology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has over 15 years of experience in project management, technical assistance, research and fieldwork in international development. She has led multiple projects in different areas of education, and designed and […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Visiting Researchers
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Claudia Galindo
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Claudia holds a Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University, and a post-doctoral degree in Social Organization of Schools from Johns Hopkins University. She is an Associated Professor at University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she teaches in the fields of educational inequalities, inmigration and research methodologies.
Publications
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JournalSSM - Population Health
The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence: Evidence from a list randomization experiment
2021 Alan Sanchez, Catherine Porter, Marta Favara, Douglas Scott
El estudio cuantifica el aumento de la violencia física doméstica (violencia familiar o de pareja) que experimentan los jóvenes de 18 a 26 años durante los encierros de COVID-19 en el Perú. Para ello utiliza una metodología indirecta el experimento de aleatorización de doble lista. El experimento de la lista se incluyó en una encuesta […]
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Nuevos formatos pedagógicos para una escuela sin grados
2021 Pedro Ravela
Los sistemas educativos necesitan construir nuevos modos de organizar las actividades escolares y el aprendizaje, con el fin de desarrollar la capacidad de niñas y niños para concebir y desarrollar proyectos; es decir, la capacidad proyectiva. Al respecto, las escuelas multigrado cuentan con una importante ventaja que es necesario aprovechar: el trabajo conjunto de estudiantes […]
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Los cuadernos de autoaprendizaje, los manuales docentes y otros materiales de ayuda para aprender y enseñar en el medio rural
2021 Rebeca Anijovich
En el contexto actual de pandemia, que amplifica las dificultades previas de la educación rural, se torna necesaria en el Perú – como en otros países del mundo – una reflexión acerca del rol de los cuadernos de autoaprendizaje, de los manuales docentes y de los materiales didácticos en general, así como su evaluación continua […]
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Efectos de la pandemia de la COVID-19 en el bienestar de docentes de escuelas rurales multigrado
2021 Rafael Miranda, César Bazán
Rafael Miranda y César Bazán resumen y analizan en el presente artículo un estudio encargado por el Proyecto CREER, también publicado en esta web, los efectos psicosociales, familiares y laborales de la pandemia de la COVID-19 en once docentes (hombres y mujeres) de escuelas rurales multigrado en Cajamarca, Loreto y Piura. Los resultados muestran que […]
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La disciplina aprendida
2021 María José Sánchez
Este artículo se basa en el estudio “Ya no es como antes: testimonios docentes sobre castigo, disciplina y autoridad”, que será próximamente publicado en nuestra página web. Entre septiembre y diciembre de 2020, la autora entrevistó a un grupo de docentes con el fin de recoger episodios de su vida personal y profesional relacionados con […]
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The Reliability and Validity of Achievement Tests in the Second Young Lives School Survey in Ethiopia
2015Juan Leon, ,
This technical note gives details of the reliability and validity of the assessments used in the second school survey carried out by Young Lives in Ethiopia for the purpose of the construction of test scores on a common scale within each language for maths and reading comprehension. This document give details of the three-parameter model […]
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Nivel socioeconómico, tipo de escuela y resultados educativos en el Perú: el caso de PISA 2012
2015
El objetivo del trabajo es analizar el logro educativo de los estudiantes en las habilidades evaluadas mediante las evaluaciones PISA 2012, con énfasis en el nivel socioeconómico, la titularidad de la escuela (público o privado) y el sexo del estudiante, empleando un modelo multinivel jerarquizado que tiene en cuenta los efectos fijos y aleatorios a […]
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Identificación de predictores del desempeño en la comprensión de textos orales y escritos
2015
The aim of the study was to identify predictors of reading comprehension in order to promote early interventions. We examined data from Young Lives study, using structural equation modeling, for assessing relationships between child and environmental features, and language development. Main findings were that (1) mothers’ features – which we relate to means to employ […]
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The default privatization of peruvian education and the rise of low-fee private schools: better or worse opportunities for the poor?
2015Maria Balarin,
The study on which this paper is based set out to explore what was happening in the lowfee private schooling sector in Perú—a growing and un-explored area of public education in the country and in many parts of the developing world—and, more specifi cally, at how parents from poor backgrounds make decisions and navigate the […]
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Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru
2015Juan Leon, Santiago Cueto,
Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in […]
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Educating Latin American economists
2011,
Graduate economic programmes in Latin America have evolved along the lines of two different traditions: one closely linked to the current economic mainstream (being in that sense ‘global’) and the other more local and heterodox. The paper provides an overview of perceptions, interests, concerns and opinions of global Latin American graduate economic programmes, comparing them […]
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JournalRevista de Educación y Cultura
¿Municipalizar o no municipalizar la educación?: algunas tesis para contribuir al debate
2010Nestor Valdivia,
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JournalCompare: a Journal of Comparative and International Education
Curriculum reform and the displacement of knowledge in Peruvian rural secondary schools: exploring the unintended local consequences of global education policies
2010Martín Benavides, Maria Balarin,
The processes of policy implementation in developing contexts and the unintended consequences of education policies that follow international policy scripts without enough consideration of local histories and cultures.
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JournalPsychological Science
Explaining the Education Effect on Health: A Field-Study from Ghana
2010Juan Leon, David Baker, ,
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JournalJournal of Research on Mathematics Education
One Hundred Years of American Primary School Mathematics: A Content Analysis and Cognitive Assessment of Textbooks from 1900 to 2000
2010David Baker, , Juan Leon,
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Carlos Cueto Fernandini: educación, disciplina y libertad
Grandes educadores peruanos: libro dedicado a los maestros peruanos en su día2003Santiago Cueto,
Breve biografía del ilustre educador peruano Carlos Cueto Fernandini. Incluye aspectos de su educación y contribuciones profesionales a la filosofía de la educación, así como su carrera nacional e internacional.
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Estudios empíricos sobre determinantes del rendimiento escolar en el Perú
La investigación sobre eficacia escolar en Iberoamérica2003, Santiago Cueto,
Este capítulo realiza una revisión de la escasa pero interesante literatura empírica sobre determinantes del rendimiento escolar en el Perú.
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Opportunity to learn mathematics among Aymara-, Quechua- and Spanish- speaking rural and urban fourth- and fifth-graders in Puno, Peru
Which way social justice in mathematics education2003Santiago Cueto, , ,
This chapter describes the opportunities to learn of a sample of students in Puno, Peru. The opportunities to learn were measured through an analysis of the notebooks of a sample of students in each classroom.
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Desayuno escolar y rendimiento escolar
Consecuencias de la desnutrición en el escolar peruano2002Santiago Cueto,
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Determinantes de la eficiencia escolar
Consecuencias de la desnutrición en el escolar peruano2002Santiago Cueto,
El marco teórico para estudiar determinantes del rendimiento escolar. Estudios empíricos en Latinoamérica. Estudios empíricos en el Perú. Uso de estudios de determinantes en el desarollo de políticas educativas
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Education and Learning en la categoría Policy brief
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Desayuno escolar y rendimiento: a propósito del programa de desayunos escolares de FONCODES en el Perú
1996, Santiago Cueto,
Este libro presenta al lector interesado en el desarrollo de programas sociales y en temas educacionales los resultados de dos estudios que evaluaron el impacto del Programa de Desayunos Escolares (PDE).
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Indicadores de ciencia y tecnología en América Latina: 1970-1990
1991Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui, Maximo Torero,
Abreviario estadístico de 11 países de América Latina. Incluye indicadores de desarrollo económico y social para evaluar su situación, progreso e impacto de sus actividades científicas y tecnológicas.
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Imaginemos un Perú mejor
1989
Artículos periodísticos escritos por el autor entre 1985 y 1988 para promover la diseminación de un enfoque de largo plazo en el pensamiento de quienes diseñan o ejecutan políticas de desarrollo.
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Excelencia científica en la periferia: actividades científicas e investigación biomédica en el Perú 1890-1950
1989
La actividad científica en el Perú entre 1890 y 1950. Según Cueto, el trabajo científico en nuestro país tiene sus propias reglas no como síntomas de atraso o modernidad sino como parte de su propia cultura.
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Conocimiento y desarrollo: ensayos sobre ciencia y tecnología
1988
Este libro reúne ocho ensayos sobre el tema de la ciencia y tecnología en el desarrollo, escritos durante la década de los ochenta referidos a América Latina en conjunto, y ensayos sobre el Perú.
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Education and Learning en la categoría Mimeo
Projects
- Participation in the evaluation of the PROPONE project on institutionalizing equity processes in educationJune 2008 - January 2009
- Más allá del trabajo y la escuela: el uso del tiempo y el desarrollo del niñoNovember 2007 - October 2008
- Estudio piloto sobre efectos de la escolaridadSeptember 2006
- Monitoreo del gasto público social orientado a la infancia: análisis del programa JUNTOS y de la oferta asociada a las condicionalidades del programaJuly 2007
- Taller internacional sobre investigación en educación y calidad en países enJuly 2007
- Evaluación de Impacto del Programa AprenDes – 2007June 2007
- Fortalecimiento de la gestión educativa local, en el marco de la municipalización de la educaciónJune 2007
- Diagnóstico y elaboración de indicadores educativos en La GranjaMay 2007
- Elaboración de un diagnóstico y diseño de sistemas administrativos de control de asistencia docente en el aulaMay 2007
- Administration of the Education and Research FundSeptember 2006
News
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Bangkok: Members of GRADE joined the Think Tank Initiative 2018 as panelists and workshop participants
November 26, 2018 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition, Urbanization and sustainable cities
After almost a decade of organizational support, the Think Tank Initiative brought together representatives of think tanks, policymakers, donors and other research-to-policy actors for a final Think Tank Initiative Exchange to mark the last year of the program. This Exchange built on a decade of TTI lessons, experiences and insights on the challenges of building […]
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Navigating Through Life: Young Lives Study Peru
September 3, 2018 Education and learning
The qualitative approach of the Young Lives study in Peru has been able to capture the changes in the biographies of 51 children. Their voices allow understanding how they face realities, responsibilities, and risks during the time in their lives when school is the main component. Their experiences let researchers reflect on Sustainable Development Goal […]
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Santiago Cueto es condecorado con las Palmas Magisteriales 2018 en el grado de Amauta por el Ministerio de Educación
August 15, 2018 Education and learning
Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
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Alan Sánchez shares the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru
July 24, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
We share a Southern Voice article by our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, on the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru. After tracking 2,750 children for 15 years in Peru, unique evidence about the role of social programs, differences in nutritional and educational trajectories, and skills formation, has been collected.
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GRADE and IDB held the launch of the book “Profession: Teacher in Latin America”
July 13, 2018 Education and learning
GRADE and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held the launch of the IDB new book “Profession: Teacher in Latin America: Why was teacher prestige lost and how to recover it?”. The book analyzes the policies and good practices that Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru carry out to attract, train and select effective teachers. “The duty […]
Events
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Members of GRADE’s CREER project joined Fundación Telefónica dialogue on educational evaluation
24/09/2020 7:00 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE and General Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER), Jéssica Tapia, Pedagogical Coordinator for CREER, and Liriama Velasco, Consultant for CREER, joined the Fundación Telefónica Perú dialogue, “2020 School Year: What, how and why we evaluate?”.
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María Balarin is a speaker at a PUCP School of CCSS roundtable on education in the Bicentennial
24/09/2020 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
María Balarin, senior researcher at GRADE, is one of the speakers of “Education in the bicentennial: agendas of equal opportunities and the quality of education”, fourth table of the cycle of the School of Social Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), The Republic as a promise: the aspirations of the new generations. This series of […]
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Santiago Cueto was a speaker in CNE virtual dialogue on the challenge of full citizenship in the PEN to 2036
02/09/2020 4:00 pm Evento virtual Education and learning
The National Education Council (CNE) addressed the challenge of full citizenship in the National Educational Project to 2036, in order to discuss the purpose “Citizen life”, focused on a Peruvian education that contributes to free and fair coexistence in a Rule of law. Santiago Cueto, executive director at GRADE, general coordinator of the Project Growing with […]
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GRADE researchers join the presentation of the results of the SPSD pilot project “Valuing diversity in schools”
10/12/2019 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning
The Peruvian Society for Down Syndrome presents the results of its pilot project, “Valuing diversity in school”. The project aimed to strengthen the capacities of the different actors of the educational community in relation to their policies, practices and inclusive culture. The active participation of managers, support staff, teachers, students and families of two public […]
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2030 Agenda: Promoting Global South research within international debates
26/11/2019 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Live stream Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation
On Tuesday, November 26, the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) and Southern Voice will discuss the challenges and opportunities to strengthen the participation of public policy experts and researchers from the Global South in international development debates. Southern Voice is a network of more than 50 think tanks from countries in Africa, Latin […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities