Álvaro Artavia Medrano
Álvaro Artavia Medrano serves as the head of the Dirección de Gestión y Evaluación de la Calidad at the Ministry of Education (MEP) in Costa Rica. He has been involved in discussions regarding the impact of standardized tests on student grades, emphasizing the compensatory nature of these assessments to help address low scores in various subjects.
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Alvaro Artavia Medrano is in charge of the Directorate of Management and Quality Evaluation at the MEP and commented on the concerns regarding national standardized tests.
MEP: Estudiantes que reprobaron pruebas nacionales deberán repetir todos los exámenes aunque les haya ido bien en varias materias
Costa Rica· 2025-12-17
Alvaro Artavia Medrano is the director who signed the resolution rejecting the appeal regarding the exam situation.
Colegial con discapacidad auditiva no se graduaría porque perdió examen de escucha que no debieron aplicarleCosta Rica· 2025-11-25
Álvaro Artavia Medrano is the Director of Management and Evaluation of Quality at the Ministry of Public Education in Costa Rica.
Más de 800 estudiantes no pudieron realizar prueba nacional de español por problema en servidoresCosta Rica· 2025-10-30Álvaro Artavia Medrano, in charge of the MEP's Quality Management and Evaluation Directorate, explained the compensatory effect of the standardized tests.
¿Dónde están los resultados? MEP aún no publica notas de pruebas nacionales aplicadas hace mesesCosta Rica· 2025-05-22