Teachers' assessment of the effects of policies for the improvement of the quality of Chilean education
Abstract
The Chilean educational system has a long tradition in the implementation of educational policies aimed at improving quality, among which freedom of choice and autonomy stand out as means to promote competition among educational centers and the use of accountability tools both to evaluate the improvements and keep informed to student’s families. These policies place educational centers and teachers as the main responsible for the quality of education. This article includes the teachers' assessment of the effects of these measures on the quality of education. The teachers' testimonies show that the impacts of policies aimed at improving the quality of Chilean education are conceptualized in terms of reducing the notion of education to its academic dimension, the commercialization of students and the proletarization of teachers.
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