Procesos de acreditación de pedagogías: un estudio del quehacer de las agencias

Accreditation processes in pedagogies: study about the agencies’performance1Macarena Domínguez, Martín Bascopé, Carlos Carrillo, Estíbaliz Lorca, Gabriel Olave, María de los ángeles Pozo2ABSTRACTThis paper reports results from a research on procedures for accreditation of ITT programs that Accreditation agencies follow in Chile. It analyzes whether the specific procedures for program evaluation are reliable or whether they depend on the judgment of the agency. Results show that despite agencies comply with current regulations, aspects that are regulated and have accurate descriptions about how to proceed are very few in relation to the huge number of procedures and decisions to be made by agencies, and so their work is much discretionary.Key words: accreditation, agency, ITT,reliability, accountability.1 Este estudio se realizó con el financiamiento y apoyo del Consejo Nacional de Educación(CNED) y del Centro de Estudios de Políticas y Prácticas en Educación, GRANT CIE01-CONICYT.2 Centro de Estudios de Políticas y Prácticas en Educación, CEPPE, UC. Santiago, Chile.Contacto: macarena.dominguez.lazcano@gmail.com