META Assessments

Start date:

Continuous

Duration: 80 minutes per assessment

Modality: Online

Presentation

META (Measurement and Evaluation for Learning Transformation) It is a program of the School of Education of the Universidad Austral aimed at strengthening the quality and equity of education through the assessment of learning.

Through standardized assessments of Mathematics and Language Practices, carried out twice a year in 3rd and 6th grade of primary school and in 3rd and 6th year of secondary school, the program generates rigorous information on the learning achieved by the students.

GOAL It articulates evaluation, results analysis and institutional support, promoting a culture of continuous improvement based on evidence and contributing to the development of capacities for decision-making in schools and educational systems.

120 SCHOOLS
12 PROVINCES
4 EVALUATED CYCLES

Why META

Precise data per student

Each evaluation generates disaggregated information by student, grade/year, division and school, allowing the identification of strengths and difficulties.

Evidence-based pedagogical improvement

The reports allow managers and teachers to develop specific improvement plans and to monitor performance longitudinally.

Comparison between institutions

Each school can contextualize its results by comparing them with those of all participating institutions across the country.

The evaluations

45 multiple-choice questions
80 minutes
Digital format
Access via the META Assessment Platform.
Prepared by specialists, they highlight: performance by content, competence and micro competence.

Innovation

New AI-powered system · LIAA-UBA

META is developing, together with the Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the UBA, a new evaluation management system, and a pioneering program in Argentina to evaluate reading comprehension through automatic analysis of open responses.

Report

Each institution receives a dynamic report with quantitative indicators to visualize performance by year, grade, division and student.

Comparison with other participating schools is facilitated. Then, specialists coordinate a personalized meeting to support the interpretation of the data and the planning of improvements.