Teaching Performance Evaluation: Between the Regulation and the Opportunity to Enhance your Professional Development

Abstract

This article aims to share the results of the research that was done at Colegio Germán Arciniegas, located in Bosa, Bogotá. In such research, teachers considered that the aspect that determines whether the assessment itself contributes or not to the professional development depends on the objective that is attributed to it. This article presents the perception that teachers have got in terms of the objectives of performance assessment: Some normative, that present it as a regulatory and punitive action, and some prospective, that invites to take it as an opportunity to enhance the teacher’s professional development. Three sections are presented: (1) Some conceptual foundations, (2) two views/perspectives of the performance assessment, and (3) the conclusions of the research.