Evaluation of the educational quality management of the Colegio de Bachillerato "Ciudad de Cuenca".

Abstract

This research contextualizes the application of Educational Evaluation as a line of scientific research in the Colegio de Bachillerato "Ciudad de Cuenca" based on a case study, with a mixed approach. The findings of the problematization of the research were based on the use of the participatory action research (PAR) method; Information collection was carried out through documentary review and institutional focus groups in the 2017-2018 and 2021-2022 school periods. The results of the Final Report of the Regular General Audit (ARG) have determined a situational status of 61.04% which is equivalent to a yellow alert. There are 33 quality standards that do not meet the educational quality indicators, so the Educational Evaluation was developed on the basis of the complement between a Follow-up Audit process to the General Regular Audit (A-SARG) and the application of the Stufflebeam CIPP evaluation model related to the Manual for the implementation and evaluation of educational quality standards belonging to the Ministry of Education. According to the results, in the School Management component, compliance has been achieved of 9.09%, in Professional Managerial Performance it has been fulfilled 7.69% and in Professional Teaching Performance, the institution has reached 22.22%; the level of student learning has presented an improvement of 1% between the school years 2017-2018 and 2021-2022, consequently, the educational institution obtained a situational status of 47.27% of compliance with the recommendations of the ARG.