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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JournalEducational Studies in Mathematics
Teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and mathematics achievement of students in Peru
2017 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Alejandra Sorto, Alejandra Miranda
After improving enrolment rates significantly, many developing countries such as Peru are facing the challenge to increase learning levels among students. Over the past few years, many researchers have turned to teacher-related variables as a way to better understand classroom processes that may help increase learning levels among students. In this study, we analyze one […]
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Chapter in BookInvestigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances
Inequidades en educación
2016 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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Innovación y calidad en educación en América Latina
2016 Santiago Cueto
La Iniciativa Latinoamericana de Investigación para las Políticas Públicas (ILAIPP) publica los estudios presentados en su segunda conferencia regional del mismo nombre realizada en Lima, Perú, en abril de 2016. El libro presenta cinco investigaciones con énfasis en los países que integran la red ILAIPP, tres balances de literatura y dos estudios comparados, sobre aspectos sustantivos de […]
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JournalRevista de Psicología
[Reseña del libro Error o fraude?: engaños y equivocaciones en la investigación psicobiológica infantil, de Ernesto Pollitt]
2016 Santiago Cueto
La presente reseña se refiere al libro póstumo del investigador peruano más destacado internacionalmente en temas de desarrollo infantil, Ernesto Pollitt.
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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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JournalRevista Electrónica Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación
Eficacia escolar en escuelas bilingües en Puno, Perú
2003 Santiago Cueto, Walter Secada
En el presente estudio, se muestran los resultados que estudiantes de cuarto y quinto grado de primaria de escuelas rurales multigrado en Puno, Perú, han obtenido en pruebas de rendimiento en matemática y comprensión de lectura, así como sus tasas de deserción y repetición.
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JournalPublic Health Nutrition
Breakfast and dietary balance: the enKid study: breakfast and performance
2001 Santiago Cueto
Evidence suggests that the effect of fasting on performance in not uniform, but it is dependent on the basal nutritional status of the subject.
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JournalTarea
Sistemas Nacionales de Evaluacion del Rendimiento Escolar en América Latina
2000 Santiago Cueto, José Rodríguez
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JournalInternational Review of Education
Determinant of school performance among Quechua children in the Peruvian Andes
1999 Enrique Jacoby, Santiago Cueto
In the rural Andes of Peru, primary school inefficiency ranks higher than in the rest of the country, with a nearly 50 per cent rate of first grade repetition.
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Projects
- Young Lives – quantitative component 2009 – 2010July 2009
- Evaluation of cognitive skills among urban adults in PeruJune 2009 - October 2009
- Study case for 2010 UNESCO Education for All reportMarch 2009 - April 2009
- Study on pedagogical practices at pre-school in urban and rural areasNovember 2008 - July 2009
- Impact evaluation on the AprenDes project (2008)September 2008
- Mechanisms and incentives for educational decentralizationAugust 2008 - January 2009
- Provision of support to the Educational Quality Measurement Unit – UMC (SCC)June 2008
- Young Lives – CommunicationsApril 2008 - June 2009
- Young Lives – QuantitativeApril 2008 - June 2009
- Taller internacional sobre investigación en educación y calidad en países enJuly 2007
Media
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El Perú y el paradigma educativo vertical, opinión de Santiago Cueto en América Economía
August 29, 2014 Education and learning, 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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PISA in Peru: Achieving Poorly, But Improving
January 16, 2014 Education and learning
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La competencia como motor para mejorar la educación: un voto en contra
December 30, 2013 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