Evaluación docente en escuelas de educación básica en Colima, México.

In 2013, the process of education reform began at the primary and secondary levels. One of the central tenets is compulsory assessment of teachers, who can be dismissed if they fail to take it, or relocated to other areas of the school system if they fail to pass three times. This paper studies the opinions of 38 teachers interviewed in various municipalities of Colima, with the aim of finding out how they face this process. The main findings include: the deficient information and communication strategy used by the education authorities; the low credibility of the assessment process and the total lack of confidence that corruption would disappear; and the questioning of their job status, which caused fear and insecurity. In the immediate future, the teachers expect heavy supervision of their work and high competitiveness, in light of the uncertainty of implementing new educational plans and programs after the end of the six-year presidential period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]