Mesures de l’apprentissage et variables contextuelles [Measures of learning and contextual variables]

Abstract

The first part explains learning measurement techniques that are used in Italy for the evaluation of the system. The task is entrusted to the INVALSI (Istituto Nazionale per la VALutazione del Sistema educativo di Istruzione e di formazione – National Institute for the evaluation of the educational system of education and the training) and it is carried out each year by the census of detection of the entire school population through standardized tests by which we measure the skills acquired by students in the understanding of a text, in the reflection on language and mathematics. Questionnaires completed by students also include useful questions to rebuild some of the contextual variables that might influence the performance of students. In the second part used classic tools of correlational sociolinguistics to relate the values of social indicators considered with the scores obtained by students in different areas of grammatical competence and in various aspects of reading skills. This is done by different areas and aspects, and the social variables considered either individually or collectively. The discussion of the results obtained will be made case by case, at the presentation of the data, while in the conclusions we will discuss the use of the results to improve teaching.