Núm. 19, enero-junio (2011)

At present, our educational culture is characterized by evaluation which is the main process which leads individuals, institutions and programs to excellence. It is the ideal opportunity for those who learn, to put their knowledge into practice and feel the need to defend their ideas and their knowledge. In evaluation it is fundamental to know the part it plays, its function, who it benefits, and finally at whose service it will be put. For this reason it must be a thoroughly transparent exercise which guarantees the knowledge of the criteria to be applied. As a natural activity, evaluation must be carried out from person to person, as a means of improvement, motivation and beneficial guidance to him who receives it. It must also be essentially just; otherwise it would be useless.