Santiago Cueto Caballero
Senior Researcher
PhD in Educational Psychology - Indiana University
scueto@grade.org.pe
Santiago Cueto holds a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a PhD in the same field from Indiana University in the United States. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California at Davis and the University of Oxford. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE, where he coordinates the Peru component of the international study Young Lives/Niños del Milenio. He is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University in Peru.
He has been a member of the National Council for Education, Technical Board of the National Institute for Educational Assessment (INEE) in Mexico, President of the Peruvian Educational Research Society and Executive Secretary of the Educational Research Fund of the Inter-American Dialogue (Latin American Education Reform Program). He has worked as a consultant to international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and UNESCO.
His main areas of interest are education and human development, particularly within a poverty context. He has published articles in various academic journals as well as books and has also served as Editor for scientific articles at The Lancet, the International Journal of Educational Development, the Catholic University’s Psychology Journal, World Development, Children and Society, among others.
In 2003, at the Global Development Network’s (GDN) Annual Conference, one of his works received the prize for best research project in the Education, Knowledge and Technology category. This study was later published as GRADE Research Paper 43. In 2010, he received the National Award in Psychology by the Professional Board of Psychologists in Peru (Colegio Nacional de Psicólogos). In 2016, he was appointed as distinguished alumni from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. In 2018, he received the Magisterial Palms in the degree of Amauta by the Ministry of Education of Peru.
Publications
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Chapter in BookEl Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar
Anotaciones sobre el derecho a la educación en el Perú, hoy: la urgencia por la indignación
2022 Santiago Cueto
El derecho a la educación, recuerda -en primer lugar- a la existencia de normativa internacional y nacional que obliga el Estado a garantizar que todas las personas accedan a un educación de calidad, relevante para su desarrollo personal y el de la sociedad. Los actores principales vinculados con la gestión durante las últimas décadas parecieran […]
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Chapter in BookEl Perú desde la escuela
Treinta años de escuela en abstracto
2021 Santiago Cueto
A partir de los hallazgos reportados en el libro y otros estudios, Santiago Cueto argumenta que la meta principal de la educación peruana ha estado desconectada de los retos que la sociedad atravesaba entonces y atraviesa ahora.
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La educación de niños y niñas con discapacidad en el Perú durante la pandemia
2021 Gabriela Ramos, Santiago Cueto, Claudia Felipe
This policy brief is based on a study that analyzes how the health emergency of COVID-19 has changed the way in which inclusive public educational services are offered and the possibility of students with disabilities at the primary level in the modalities of EBE and EBR in Peru to exercise the right to education.
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La educación de niños y niñas con discapacidad en el Perú durante la pandemia del COVID-19
2021 Gabriela Ramos Bonilla, Santiago Cueto,
Esta investigación empleó una metodología mixta con el objetivo de analizar cómo la emergencia sanitaria del Covid-19 ha variado la forma en que se ofrecen servicios educativos inclusivos en el sector público, y la capacidad de ejercer el derecho a la educación de los y las estudiantes con discapacidad del nivel primario en las modalidades de […]
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The Challenges of Inequality and COVID-19 for Young People in Peru: Evidence from the Listening to Young Lives at Work COVID-19 Phone Survey
2021 Kath Ford, Santiago Cueto, Alan Sanchez
This policy brief looks at the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of adolescents and young people in Peru as they transition into adulthood, focusing on how widening inequalities are hitting those from disadvantaged backgrounds hardest.
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Does Visual Acuity Have an Effect on Children’s Educational Achievement?
2017 Santiago Cueto, Javier Escobal, Juan Leon, Mary Penny
Inequity is an important issue for many international initiatives, including the current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One aspect of inequity that has received little attention is the impact of disability on education. This working paper explores whether mild or moderate levels of visual impairment are associated with educational performance for 7 and 8-year-old children in […]
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El apoyo de FORGE al desarrollo del Currículo Nacional de Educación Básica del Perú
2017 Jessica Tapia, Santiago Cueto
Various national normative documents and international experience underscore the importance of having documents that clearly indicate the learning expectations for students, based on which the various lines of educational policy must be articulated. Thus, according to the General Education Law, the National Curriculum is the basis of the National Pedagogical Policy, and the Ministry of […]
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Early childhood development: wealth, the nurturing environment and inequality first results from the PRIDI database
2016 Aime Verdisco, Santiago Cueto, Jennelle Thompson
This paper presents findings from the Regional Project on Child Development Indicators, PRIDI for its acronym in Spanish. PRIDI created a new tool, the Engle Scale, for evaluating development in children aged 24 to 59 months in four domains: cognition, language and communication, socio-emotional and motor skills. It also captures and identifies factors associated with […]
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Education Aspirations among Young People in Peru and their Perceptions of Barriers to Higher Education
2016 Gabriela Guerrero, Claudia Sugimaru, Alexandra Cussianovich, Bieke De Fraine, Santiago Cueto
Results from the Young Lives survey show the existence of a gap between young people’s aspirations for higher education and their actual chances of accessing this level of education. This paper uses qualitative information from Young Lives in order to gain a deeper understanding of young people’s aspirations as well as their perceptions of the […]
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Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru
2015 Juan Leon, Santiago Cueto, Alejandra Miranda
Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in […]
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JournalCNE Opina
Balance y panorama de cuatro programas de educación básica: Acompañamiento Pedagógico, Colegios de Alto Rendimiento, Educación Intercultural Bilingüe y Jornada Escolar Completa
2016 Santiago Cueto
El 19 y 20 de mayo del 2016, en pleno proceso electoral nacional conducente a la segunda vuelta, el Consejo Nacional de Educación organizó un conversatorio sobre cuatro de las políticas y programas en educación básica que mayor atención y recursos recibieron durante el período de gobierno 2011-2016: Jornada Escolar Completa (JEC), Acompañamiento y Soporte Pedagógico, […]
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JournalInternational Journal of Behavioral Development
Introduction to the special section on pathways underlying the impact of economic inequality on children’s development
2016 Theodore D. Wachs, Santiago Cueto
A special section of the International Journal of Behavioral Development devoted to the topic of pathways underlying the impact of economic inequality on children’s development.
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JournalInternational Journal of Behavioral Development
More than poverty: Pathways from economic inequality to reduced developmental potential
2016 Theodore Wachs, Santiago Cueto, Haogen Yao
Studies from both high and low-middle income (LAMI) countries have documented how being reared in poverty is linked to compromised child development. Links between poverty and development are mediated by the timing and extent of exposure to both risk factors nested under poverty and to protective influences which can attenuate the impact of risk. While […]
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JournalInteramerican Journal of Psychology
Early sexual initiation among adolescents in Peru: A longitudinal analysis among 15-year-olds
2016 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon
The percentage of Latin American teenage women, including Peruvian, reporting having had sex is increasing. There are few studies in Latin America aimed at identifying the predictors of this behavior. This study uses a unique longitudinal dataset from Peru to explore which individual, family and community variables, and changes of these over time, predict sexual […]
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JournalRevista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación
Behaviors, Strategies and Achievement in Reading Comprehension in PISA: Analysis for Peru
2016 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Ismael G. Muñóz, Elizabeth Rosales
Learning to read is internationally considered a central goal of schooling. In this analysis we used data from PISA on reading comprehension for Peru, with the aim of determining if the socioeconomic characteristics of students are associated with their performance, behaviors and educational strategies, as well as with their school environment. Regarding educational resources for […]
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Inequidades en educación
Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances2016 Santiago Cueto, Alejandra Miranda, María Cristina Vásquez
This study presents the current status of four groups—demarcated by gender, ethnicity, poverty, and disability—exploring educational inequalities based on laws and indicators of access, achievement, and learning opportunities. In addition, it analyzes the content of the Public Teaching Reform Act. The results show that although there are no large differences in educational indicators between men […]
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Peru: Socioeconomic Conditions on Student Achievement
Education in South America2015 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Alejandra Miranda
Education in South America is a critical reference guide to development of education in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The chapters, written by local experts, provide an overview of the education system in each country, focusing particularly on policies and implementation of reforms. Key themes include quality and access, multicultural […]
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Educational opportunities and learning outcomes of children in Peru: a longitudinal model
Growing up in poverty: findings from Young Lives2014 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Ismael G. Muñoz
This collection brings together the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study that focuses on children and poverty – particularly how poverty affects their development and their lives as children, and how children and their families respond to poverty. It shows how the persistence of inequality amid general economic growth is leaving some […]
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Conductas de riesgo entre adolescentes peruanos: un enfoque longitudinal
Salud, interculturalidad y comportamientos de riesgo2011 Santiago Cueto, Víctor Saldarriaga, Ismael G. Muñoz
Datos sobre frecuencia de consumo y determinantes individuales y familiares, a través del tiempo, de cuatro conductas de riesgo entre adolescentes de 15 años: consumo de cigarrillo, alcohol y drogas, y sexo sin protección.
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Explaining an Overcoming Marginalization in Education: Ethnic/Language Minorities in Peru
Childhood Poverty: Multidisciplinary Approaches2012 Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Ismael G. Muñoz, Juan Leon, Elisa Seguin
Se sostiene que aunque las tasas de matrícula escolar en el Perú son altas, sobre todo en primaria, existen grandes brechas de rendimiento desfavorables para los niños pobres de ár
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Venciendo la adversidad: trayectorias educativas de los estudiantes pobres en zonas rurales del Perú
2019 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Claudia Felipe
The study on which this policy brief is based analyzes which factors are associated with the fact that girls and boys born in contexts of relative poverty in rural areas not only remain in school, but also register high educational performance in tests of mathematical and verbal knowledge at 15 years of age. For this, […]
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Trayectorias educativas en el Perú: desde la infancia hasta la adultez temprana
2017 Santiago Cueto, Alejandra Miranda, Juan Leon, María Cristina Vásquez
Aportes para el diseño de políticas orientadas a reducir la inequidad del sistema educativo peruano, para lo cual se compara las trayectorias de las dos cohortes del estudio Niños del Milenio —la mayor nacida en 1994; y la menor, en el 2001— estimando sus oportunidades educativas y logros. Se basa, principalmente, en las encuestas de hogares aplicadas […]
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Education trajectories in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam: from early childhood to early adulthood
2016 Santiago Cueto, Renu Singh, Tassew Woldehanna, Le Thuc Duc
In this policy brief, the authors describe the educational trajectories of 12,000 children in total, across two cohorts: the Younger Cohort born around 1994 and the Older Cohort born around 2001, in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. The data come from Young Lives household and school surveys conducted over the last 15 years. Researchers from […]
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Características socioeconómicas y rendimiento de los estudiantes en el Perú
2015 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Alejandra Miranda
Aportes para el diseño de políticas orientadas a reducir la inequidad del sistema educativo peruano a través de un diagnóstico de la relación entre el nivel socioeconómico (NSE) de los estudiantes y sus familias, y sus oportunidades para aprender.
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Does the cradle set the opportunities and educative achievement? A look to the Peruvian case
2014 Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Mayli Zapata, Silvana Freire
Este documento pretende ser un aporte para el diseño de políticas para reducir la inequidad del sistema educativo peruano a través del análisis de la asociación entre el nivel socioeconómico (NSE) de los estudiantes, oportunidades de aprendizaje (ODA) y rendimiento educativo.
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
2014 Martín Benavides, Miguel Jaramillo, Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Nestor Valdivia, Lorena Alcazar, Manuel Glave, Maria Balarin, Juan Jose Diaz, Juana Kuramoto, Gerardo Damonte
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional "Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo" (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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Salud, interculturalidad y comportamientos de riesgo
2011 Lorena Alcazar, Santiago Cueto, Martin Valdivia, Ismael G. Muñoz
Tres Mimeos del Seminario Desigualdad, salud y educación realizado en Lima en noviembre del 2010 con el auspicio de la Fundación Ford, a través del Instituto de Educación Internacional y del IDRC.
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¿Quién se queda atrás? Resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Tercera ronda de encuestas en el Perú.
2012 Santiago Cueto, Javier Escobal, Mary Penny, Patricia Ames
Este Mimeo presenta los resultados iniciales de la tercera ronda de encuestas en el Perú del estudio de largo plazo Niños del Milenio realizadas entre fines del 2009 y principios
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Promoting early childhood development through a public programme: Wawa Wasi in Peru
2009 Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Claudia Sugimaru
This paper presents the results of a Young Lives study into the impact and perceptions of the Programa Nacional Wawa Wasi, a Peruvian government programme for impoverished children
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Reformas pendientes en la educación secundaria
2009 Santiago Cueto, Sebastián Galiani, Paul Gertler, Ernesto Schargrodsky, María Antonia Gallart, Marcela Sandra Cerrutti, Georgina Binstock, Gilda Figueiredo Portugal Gouvêa, Maria Eliza Fini, Maria Helena Guimarães Castro, Maria Inês Fini, Sergio Tiezzi, Stella Maria Barberá da Silva Telles, Vera Lúcia Cabral Costa, Antonio Carlos Dias Junior, Gisele Brandão Machado de Oliveira, Paulo de Oliveira, Delba Teixeira Rodrigues Barros, Virgínia Torres Schall, Ernesto Yáñez, Scarlet Escalante, Wilson Jiménez, Franz Arce, Aída M. Mainieri Hidalgo, Santiago Rincón Gallardo Shimada, Emilio Domínguez Bravo, Annette Santos del Real, Gabriel Cámara Cervera, Dalila López Salmorán, Rodolfo Elías, José R. Molinas
Los estudios presentados fueron desarrollados en el marco de las actividades del tercer concurso del Fondo de Investigaciones Educativas gestionado por PREAL con apoyo del Banco Mundial por medio de GDN.
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Projects
- Supporting the preparation of a proposal on rural educationApril 2019
- Inequality of opportunity in Peru: How can young people develop relevant skills and find decent employment in a rapidly changing job market?December 2018
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of educational interventions and strategies to promote the use of Skills BankOctober 2018
- Systematization of Fundacion Telefonica’s Digital Classroom ProgramAugust 2018
- Systematization of the Digital Classroom program of Fundación TelefónicaAugust 2018
- Designing educational interventions for elementary educationOctober 2017
- Young Lives Peru 2017-2018April 2017
- Supporting Young Lives Peru 2017 School SurveyJanuary 2017
- Informe de monitoreo de la educación 2017 (GERM), capítulo PerúSeptember 2016
- Supporting the IADB Annual Report 2017May 2016
Media
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Comment, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Santiago Cueto in RPP Noticias: The danger of school dropouts during the pandemic
September 21, 2020 Education and learning
According to the Ministry of Education, 230 thousand students have left the educational system this year. What factors are associated with school dropout? The study by Santiago Cueto, country director of Young Lives Peru and Executive Director at GRADE, and colleagues find two main ones: the need to work and the lack of interest in studying. “It is […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Is school dropout increasing this school year?, by Santiago Cueto
September 9, 2020 Education and learning
“The combination of risk factors increases the probability of dropping out. Thus, for example, students who live in poverty, who have young children and do not have a computer or cell phone, are at greater risk than those who only present one of these circumstances”. Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE and Country Director of Young Lives […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Santiago Cueto in El Peruano: “Today, more than ever, early childhood is in the hands of families”
May 14, 2020 Education and learning
“Today, more than ever, those first years of life are in the hands of families. Although families cannot assume health-related interventions, they can take on some educational aspects. We do not need to be initial education teachers to think and give time so that our girls and boys get involved in different activities related to […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
CREER Project in La Mula: What does the strategy “Aprendo en Casa” asks to us Peruvian families?
April 16, 2020 Education and learning
With the strategy “Aprendo en Casa”, a new bond could be forming both within homes and between families and schools. Read the new article written by the team of our Creciendo con las Escuelas Rurales Multigrado del Perú (CREER) / Project Growing with the Rural Multigrade Schools of Peru via La Mula.
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About PISA and other indicators, by Santiago Cueto
January 14, 2020 Education and learning
“More relevant to analyze are some results linked to this assessment, which go beyond means and relative positions. […] among the countries evaluated, Peru is one that is mainly characterized by the inequity in its results”. Santiago Cueto, executive director at GRADE, reflects on the challenges of PISA and other indicators to increase the national mean […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Santiago Cueto in El Peruano: “Today, more than ever, early childhood is in the hands of families”
May 14, 2020 Education and learning
“Today, more than ever, those first years of life are in the hands of families. Although families cannot assume health-related interventions, they can take on some educational aspects. We do not need to be initial education teachers to think and give time so that our girls and boys get involved in different activities related to […]
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
CREER Project in La Mula: What does the strategy “Aprendo en Casa” asks to us Peruvian families?
April 16, 2020 Education and learning
With the strategy “Aprendo en Casa”, a new bond could be forming both within homes and between families and schools. Read the new article written by the team of our Creciendo con las Escuelas Rurales Multigrado del Perú (CREER) / Project Growing with the Rural Multigrade Schools of Peru via La Mula.
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About PISA and other indicators, by Santiago Cueto
January 14, 2020 Education and learning
“More relevant to analyze are some results linked to this assessment, which go beyond means and relative positions. […] among the countries evaluated, Peru is one that is mainly characterized by the inequity in its results”. Santiago Cueto, executive director at GRADE, reflects on the challenges of PISA and other indicators to increase the national mean […]
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Innovation in education? Of course, whenever convenient, by Santiago Cueto
October 21, 2019 Education and learning
According to Santiago Cueto, although educational innovation is important, it is a means and not an end. Furthermore, creativity can always be fueled by existing information, in particular that which comes from research, and about which there are multiple sources to consult. Read the new article by our Executive Director for Fundación Telefónica Perú.
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Why educate in Peru today?, by Santiago Cueto
August 26, 2019 Education and learning
Why educate in Peru today? Our executive director Santiago Cueto writes about how education should help us overcome the main challenges facing the country: little respect for institutions, violence, corruption, inclusion and low productivity. The article has been published by Fundación Telefónica Perú
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Santiago Cueto opina en “Educación inicial: Faltan 27,000 maestros para educar a los niños del Perú”
May 23, 2015 Education and learning, State reform and public institutions
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Jesús Herrero, el jesuita que veló por la educación en Perú
December 16, 2013 Education and learning
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Especialistas opinan sobre estudios de programa Juntos
February 7, 2013 Poverty and equality
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“La meta en el Perú no ha sido reducir brechas sino promedios”, dice Santiago Cueto sobre desnutrición infantil
February 29, 2012 Poverty and equality
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Niños de madres con educación primaria inconclusa más desfavorecidos en Perú
February 20, 2012 Poverty and equality
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Adelantar el ingreso ha subvalorado el quinto de media, entrevista a Santiago Cueto en Prepárate de El Comercio
October 16, 2015 Education and learning
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Usos de las evaluaciones de rendimiento escolar en el Perú: entrevista a Santiago Cueto, José Antonio Calderón (DRE Puno) y Pilar Saavedra (DRE San Martín) en Radio Exitosa
March 27, 2015 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions
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Santiago Cueto sobre pronunciamiento del CNE en torno a resultados obtenidos por el Perú en la prueba TERCE
December 22, 2014 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions
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En el Perú hemos hecho más evaluaciones que un buen uso de estas
May 9, 2014 Education and learning
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Entrevista a Santiago Cueto en Radio San Borja
March 27, 2014 Education and learning
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Presentations
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Oportunidades y trayectorias educativas de dos cohortes de estudiantes en el Perú
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, 23 November, 2018
Presentación en el II Congreso Internacional de Medición Psicológica de la Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
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Inequalities in educational opportunities and outcomes in secondary schools in Peru
Ciudad de México, 26 March, 2018
Presentación en la 62° Conferencia Anual de la Sociedad de Educación Comparada e Internacional CIES 2018.
Selected Publications
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¿Qué hemos aprendido del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio? Síntesis de hallazgos
2018 Santiago Cueto, Javier Escobal, , Nicolás Pazos, Mary Penny, Vanessa Rojas, Alan Sanchez, Claudia Felipe
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Cobertura, oportunidades y percepciones sobre la educación inclusiva en el Perú
2018 Santiago Cueto, Vanessa Rojas, Martin Dammert, Claudia Felipe