Evaluación del programa Escuela 2.0 para la asignatura de Matemáticas a partir de PISA 2012

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the contribution of the Program School 2.0 to theskill-building in the subject of Mathematics. Between 2009 and 2010, all AutonomousCommunities (except Madrid, Murcia and Comunidad Valenciana) participated in thisprogram which pursued the objective of providing individual computer equipment andcomputer assisted learning to all students in 5º-6º grade of Primary Education and1º-2º grade of Secondary Education. The availability of PISA 2012 allows thecomparison with previous results of PISA 2009, and thus, contrast the utility of thisprogram. For this purpose, we have estimated a “difference in difference” model forMathematics score in the general module and in the “computer based assessment(CBA)” module. Results show that for non-repeaters students, the availability ofnotebook or tablet decreases the score in Mathematics-CBA (-48.35 for participantsCommunities, -23.26 for non-participants). Non-repeaters students who used thecomputer for doing their homework 1-2 times per week have experienced a decreasein participant Communities (-3.15), but an increase in non-participant Communities(55.62). However, we cannot discard the existence of positive externalities becausestudents of participant Communities are more prone to help each other withMathematics as compared to non-participants students.