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¿Quiénes eligen la disciplina de la educación en Colombia? Caracterización desde el desempeño en las pruebas SABER 11

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  • Juan D. Barón
  • Leonardo Bonilla
  • Lina Cardona-Sosa
  • Mónica Ospina

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Poco se sabe en Colombia acerca de las competencias académicas de los maestros. Este documento investiga sobre el estándar académico de las personas que cursan y se gradúan de programas superiores en educación. Los resultados indican que existe una relación inversa entre el desempeño en la prueba de Estado SABER 11 y la probabilidad de estudiar (y/o graduarse) de un programa en el área de educación. Estimamos que esta probabilidad es cinco veces más alta cuando se obtuvo un puntaje en las pruebas SABER 11 entre los más bajos que cuando se obtuvo un resultado entre los más altos. Esta diferencia es aún mayor para las mujeres. El documento discute algunas hipótesis que explicarían estos resultados. ****** Yet little is known in Colombia about the quality of teachers. In this paper we ask about the academic standard of people who obtain a tertiary degree in education. Results show a negative relationship between results in the standarized test to enter higher education (SABER 11) and the probability of studying (and obtaining) a tertiary degree in education (relative to other areas of study). We estimate that this probability is five-times higher for people with results among the lowest scores than for people with results among the highest. This difference broadens when we consider only women. The paper discusses some hypotheses that would explain these results.

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  • Juan D. Barón & Leonardo Bonilla & Lina Cardona-Sosa & Mónica Ospina, 2013. "¿Quiénes eligen la disciplina de la educación en Colombia? Caracterización desde el desempeño en las pruebas SABER 11," Borradores de Economia 10986, Banco de la Republica.
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    Keywords

    Maestros; profesores; competencia; calidad;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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