Reading comprehension in nacional and internacional programs of educational assessment

Abstract

The article's main goal is to identify different educational assessment programs, both national and international, and describe their general characteristics. Likewise, it analizes the way in which reading comprehension is conceptualized and assessed. Lastly, this paper shows the results that Argentina has achieved in this area. The programs which have been analized are: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Second Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study ( SERCE, Segundo Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo), and specifically in our country, the National Evaluation Operatives (ONE, Operativo Nacional de Evaluación) and the Program of Evaluation of Educational Quality of Buenos Aires Province (Programa de Evaluación de la Calidad Educativa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires). These different studies are of importance in reading comprehension since it is a "competence for life" necessary to acquire other learnings, to achieve an active participation in society and to be connected to the possibility of planning for a better future. The reports show differences between the results of the various countries and their provinces. The development of unequal competences is like a challenge both nationally and internationally, since it is an important indicator of the critical situation in which a significant number of children and teenagers are placed in.