Metasynthesis of learning assessment criteria in Colombian K-12 education during the pandemic

Abstract

As from March 12, 2020, none of the members of the educational community of the Colombian public basic education system (K-12) were able to return to the physical facilities. The actors of the educational process were immersed in a deep crisis. Public policy issued regulations and suggestions for dealing with the crisis. Among the various problems, of unprecedented complexity, one caused special attention: how and what would be evaluated in learning, i.e., with what criteria would it be evaluated? Criteria were proposed from international, national and district levels. A documentary metasynthesis was carried out on what was published by five institutions of these three levels, in terms of learning assessment criteria for basic education. 61 documents were examined. Five categories were found: 1) Innovation in assessment, 2) Resilient socio-emotional, 3) Equity, 4) Educational Lag and 5) Digital Ecosystem; which could help to understand this situated, complex and relational issue. It concludes with a call to establish a new post-COVID educational paradigm, from the approach of the five categories in which the evaluation criteria proposals can be understood, so that the school coping and be better prepared for future difficulties.