This article presents an instrument for measuring the effectiveness of literacy programmes for youth and adults. To assess the impact of participation on individual learners’ lives and their environment, the authors developed a structure comprising five main dimensions: (1) “personal sphere” (six sub-dimensions); (2) “social skills” (six sub-dimensions); (3) “life project” (four sub-dimensions); (4) “knowledge” (five sub-dimensions); and (5) “economic situation” ´(five sub-dimensions). Phase 1 of developing this instrument included the definition of dimensional and sub-dimensional features; Phase 2 comprised drafting the design of the measurement scale. During Phase 1, the authors conducted focus group discussions and individual interviews with 15 students, 14 teachers, 10 graduates and 2 former managers of a Colombian second-chance adult education programme called Avancemos [Let’s go forward]. The programme was launched in 1993 and has since been further developed by the University of Ibagué. During Phase 2, six specialists in education and psychology validated the survey items in an expert trial. In the third phase of development, the authors finalised a survey questionnaire to test their scale and distributed it among 132 Avancemos graduates, of whom 124 (63 women and 61 men) returned completed forms. In their analysis of the results, the authors found that their instrument, which they named EduIMPACT, had proved useful for evaluating and acting upon the programme’s perception among its target group.

本文介绍了一种衡量青年和成人扫盲计划有效性的工具。为了评估参与对个人学习者的生活和环境的影响，作者开发了一种结构，该结构包括五个主要方面：（1）“个人领域”（六个子维度）；（2）“社交技能”（六个子维度）；（3）“生活计划”（四个子维度）；（4）“知识”（五个子维度）；和（5）“经济状况”（五个子维度）。开发该工具的第一阶段包括定义尺寸和次尺寸特征。第二阶段包括起草测量秤的设计。在第一阶段，作者与哥伦比亚第二次成人教育计划Avancemos的15名学生，14名教师，10名毕业生和2名前管理人员进行了焦点小组讨论和个人访谈[让我们前进]。该计划于1993年启动，此后由Ibagué大学进一步发展。在第2阶段中，六名教育和心理学专家在一项专家试验中对调查项目进行了验证。在开发的第三阶段，作者完成了一份调查问卷以测试其规模，并将其分配给132个Avancemos毕业生，其中124人（63位女性和61位男性）返回了完整的表格。在对结果进行分析时，作者发现他们的仪器（名为EduIMPACT）已证明对评估该计划在其目标群体中的看法并采取行动很有帮助。