Publications of Teacher evaluation in Peru: prospects and challenges
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Teacher evaluation in Peru: prospects and challenges
Since 2000, with the recognition that teaching in Peru—which was greatly devalued at the time—needed to be professionalized, teacher evaluation policies have been initiated within a broader context of concern for teacher development. However, it was not until the implementation of the Ley de Reforma Magisterial (LRM, Teacher Reform Law) of 2012 that teacher evaluation […]
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School environments and obesity: a systematic review of interventions and policies among school-age students in Latin America and the Caribbean
The rapid rise in obesity rates among school children in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) could have a direct impact on the region’s physical and mental health, disability, and mortality. This review presents the available interventions likely to reduce, mitigate and/or prevent obesity among school children in LAC by modifying the food and built […]
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The impact of the JUNTOS conditional cash transfer programme on foundational cognitive skills: Does age of enrollment matter?
This paper studies the relationship between the age of enrolment in Peru’s conditional cash transfer programme, JUNTOS, and the foundational cognitive skills of a sample of children aged between 5 and 12 years old. Using a difference-in-differences approach and exploiting within- household variation, the authors show that younger siblings in recipient households display significantly higher […]
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Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood: evidence from Ethiopia and Peru
The authors estimate the associations between a set of foundational cognitive skills (inhibitory control, working memory, long-term memory, and implicit learning) measured at age 12 and educational outcomes measured at ages 15 and 19-20 in Ethiopia and Peru (the Young Lives study). The estimates adjust for a rich set of lagged controls and include measurements […]
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The relationship between maternal sensitivity and play during early childhood with the development of cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies: Longitudinal evidence from Peru
Maternal sensitivity and opportunities for play and exploration are key elements of early childhood development. There is limited evidence of its association with skills development during late childhood and adolescence in developing countries. This study uses longitudinal data from the Young Lives study, which has tracked the livelihoods of approximately 2000 Peruvian children since 2002. […]
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Concepciones sobre materiales educativos en escuelas rurales multigrado monolingües
Este documento tiene como objetivo describir y analizar las concepciones sobre los materiales educativos de docentes de escuelas rurales multigrado y de funcionarios vinculados con la educación, así como el acceso, el uso y el aprovechamiento que se ha hecho de ellos en el contexto de la educación remota, como consecuencia de la pandemia de […]
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Reforma universitaria y aseguramiento de la calidad de la educación superior en el Perú
The author presents the process of “university reform” in the Peruvian experience and delves into the creation of the National Superintendence of University Higher Education (SUNEDU). In particular, she discusses the institutional impact that this intervention had on the university system and on educational policy. The processes of institutional evaluation and supervision led to the […]
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Concepciones y prácticas evaluativas de docentes rurales multigrado en contextos de prepandemia y pandemia
En el año 2019 el Proyecto CREER llevó a cabo un estudio para comprender las dinámicas pedagógicas y de género que tienen lugar en las escuelas rurales multigrado de primaria de las tres regiones del Perú: costa, sierra y selva. Una de las dimensiones que se analizó fueron las prácticas de evaluación formativa de los […]
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Gestión pública y servicio civil. Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-2026.
El estudio analiza las investigaciones realizadas entre el 2016 y 2021 en torno a la modernización de la gestión pública y el servicio civil, los cuales se acotaron a seis temáticas tras la revisión normativa. Se revisaron un total de 145 documentos de autores nacionales e internacionales, de los cuales el 44 % correspondían a […]
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Seguridad ciudadana. Balance de investigación 2016-2021 y agenda de investigación 2021-2026.
Solo recientemente, la seguridad ciudadana ha sido desplazada por la corrupción como principal problema percibido, siendo que dicha percepción se alimenta de miedos objetivos y subjetivos, hechos delictivos, violencia y otros fenómenos sociales. En este sentido, producir un balance y agenda en seguridad ciudadana requiere un mínimo de contexto sobre la violencia y la criminalidad […]
