Tenured Scholars
Santelices, María Verónica
Titular Professor
His works have been published in specialized magazines such as Harvard Educational Review, Educational Psychological Measurement y Higher Education. His interests combine measurement and educational policy, focusing on issues of access and performance in higher education.
His research has been financed by the National Research and Development Agency of Chile, through Fondecyt and Milenio projects, and by the Ministry of Education, through FONIDE projects.
Main areas of study: Higher Education, Admission, Transition to Higher Education, Measurement.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D., Education Quantitative Methods and Evaluation | Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley, CA | 2007 |
| Master in Public Policy | Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley, CA | 2001 |
| Commercial Engineering, Economics mention. Academic Certificate in Sociology. | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 1997 |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | University Of California, Davis - Catholic University Of Chile Grant | Measuring Justice-Oriented Classroom Assessment Literacy In Preservice Teacher. | Participating Researcher |
| 2023-2024 | FUNDEF | Fondef ID22I10228 “University Admissions Beyond Selection,” Researcher. | Participating Researcher |
| 2021-2024 | millennium core | Millennium Nucleus: Student Experience in Higher Education in Chile: Expectations and Realities., ICM, 2021 | Alternate Responsible Investigator |
| 2021-2024 | FONDECYT | Information and Decisions in the Technical-Professional Career, Fondecyt, 2020 | Main investigator |
Publications
Recent
Author
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume
Pages
DOI
Santelices, MV, Catalán, X., Acevedo, J. et al.
2025
Measuring college information in secondary students and higher education access.
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Catalan, X., Santelices, MV, & Horn, C.
2024
Equity and Higher Education Access in Chile: The High School ranking Admission Policy Results from the Perspective of its Program Theory.
Journal of Higher Education Policy
Abricot, N., Santelices, MV
2023
Evaluating Social Thinking: Developing a classroom performance assessment instrument.
Mexican Journal of Educational Research.
Santelices, MV & Wilson, M.
2022
Aligning teacher assessments and teacher learning through a teacher learning progression.
Educational Assessment, Evaluation and accountability,
Catalan, X., Santelices, MV, & Horn, C.
2022
The role of an equity policy in the reproduction of social inequalities: High School Ranking and university admissions in Chile.
Journal of Sociology
Cifuentes, G., Guzman, P., Santelices, MV
2022
Transitioning to higher education: students' expectations and realities.
Educational Research.
Torres, D. & Santelices MV.
2021
Commentary: Large-Scale Assessment and Legitimacy beyond the Corporate Responsibility Model.
Educational Measurement: Issues and practices.
1-3
Guzman Pamela, Cifuentes Gonzalo, Santelices MV.
2021
Secondary students' expectations on transition to higher education.
Educational Research.
63:2
164-179
Santelices MV, Catalan X, Venegas A, Horn C.
2021
Aggregated Results of Access Programs Implemented by Universities in Chile: Students' Persistence using a Matched Sample
Higher Education Policy.
Santelices, MV, Zarhi, M., Horn, C., Catalán, X. and Ibáñez, A.
2020
Information sources and transition to higher education: Students, teachers and school counselors' perspectives.
International Journal of Educational Research.
Books
Author
Year
Title
Title
DOI/Url
Santelices, MV; Horn, C, & Catalán, X.
2018
The Quest for Equity in Chile's Higher Education: Decades of Continued Efforts.
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
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Santelices, M.V.; Catalán, X.; Horn, C.
2018
Equity in Higher Education. Design and Results of Access Programs in Selective Institutions.
Catholic University of Chile and CEPPE UC Editions, Chile
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Book chapters
Author
Year
Title
Editors
Book Title
Pages
Editorial
DOI/Url
Santelices, MV, Catalán, X., Zarhi, M.
2023
Persistence and Information in Technical-Professional Higher Education
Marcela Arellano, Jorge Menendez, Tomas Diaz.(Eds)
Higher Technical and Professional Education: New Local Challenges, New Global Opportunities.
Aequalis
Santelices, V., Müller, M., Rojas Sateler, FJL, Valencia, E., & Ibañez, A.
2023
Development of a simulation-based diagnostic of teaching practices to strengthen initial training, Chile.
In M. Jaña, & C. Miranda (Eds.)
Teacher professional development in Latin American contexts: Perspectives from involved actors.
(1st ed., pp. 201-226).
University of Chile, Austral University and University of the Americas.
Santelices, MV, Valencia, E.
2019
Evaluating Teacher Initial Education through Value-Added Estimates: the Case of a Selective Institution in Chile.
In Torres, B. (eds).
Education, school and teachers: contributions from the Council of Education Schools in the Council of Rectors from Chilean Universities.
CONFAUCE.
Santelices, MV
2019
Validity of Evaluation Systems for Selection and Certification.
Manzi, García, Taut (Eds).
Validity of Educational Assessments in Chile and Latin America.
UC editions
Manzi, J., Santelices, MV
2018
Access and Retention in Higher Education: Tensions and Proposals to Move Forward with Equity.
Sánchez,I. (ed).
Ideas in Education II. Definitions in Times of Change.
Catholic University of Chile Editions.
Policy Briefs
Author
Year
Title
DOI / URL
Guzman, Cifuentes, Santelices
2022
Transition to higher education: expectations and realities of students.
Abricot, N. and Santelices, MV
2021
Evidence of validity on scores of an instrument to evaluate teaching.
Santelices, Catalan, Zarhi.
2020
Information on higher education in high school students in Chile.
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Methodology of educational research | EDU 201 |
| Assessment In Basic Education | EDU 319 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Quantitative Research Methods in Education | EDU4202, EDU4046 |
| Measurement Theories. Master of Education | EDU3691 |
| Quantitative Research Methodology in Education | EDU3657 |
| Year | Type | Name | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2025 | PhD | Growth Mindset And Teacher Retention | Carmen Taveras |
| 2018-2022 | PhD | How To Assess Social Thinking? Towards A Classroom Assessment Coherent With Critical Citizenship Education | Nicole Abricot |
| 2018-2023 | PhD | University persistence in Chile: programs and policies with focus on promoting access to higher education for low income students | Pamela Guzman |
| 2018-2025 | PhD | What is the institutional value added to the learning outcomes of students? The case of teaching programs in Chile | Gonzalo Cifuentes |
| 2015-2018 | PhD | High School Ranking and its Effects on Secondary Students the Transition to the University." PhD. Program, Faculty of Education. | Ximena Catalan |
Commitment
Management Responsibilities at the Faculty or University
- 2022-2024: Head of the Master's Program in Education at UC, Faculty of Education.
- 2015-2016, 2010-2015 : Editor-in-Chief of Educational Thought, Associate Editor of Educational Thought
Social Impact
- 2019: Co-organizer of the Biannual Meeting of the Psychometric Society in Chile
- 2021: Co-organizer of the IOMW Biannual Conference, International Objective Measurement Workshop.
Media Appearance
- Changes to the Test and Admission System – News, La Tercera (01/21/2024)
- The 17th Anniversary of the PSU: Criticisms and Promises of Equity – News, La Tercera (01/06/2024)
