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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

Reliability and psychometric properties of the items

Authors

  • Jorge Hernández Muñoz Universidad de Chile

Abstract

CODICE-Derecho test is an assessment tool designed jointly by the DEMRE and the Faculty of Law -both are departments of Universidad de Chile- in order to clarify the reading and writing skills of their students. The paper provides a comparative analysis of the results obtained from tests conducted in 2009 and 2011, which considers the reliability of the instrument and two psychometric indicators (difficulty and discrimination index). Finally, it highlights the pilot character of the instrument and suggest some future statistical analysis based on results described.

Keywords:

Reliability, psychometric analysis, instrument of assessment

Author Biography

Jorge Hernández Muñoz, Universidad de Chile

Universidad de Chile. Correo electrónico:

jorherna@uchile.cl