Validez de contenido y juicio de expertos de la batería de evaluación de los procesos de escritura PROESC

Abstract

Abstract: The PROESC battery is one of the most widely used instruments for assessing written language processes in Spanish-speaking populations; however, until now it had not undergone formal validation within the Ecuadorian educational context. The present study aimed to establish the content validity of this assessment instrument, and for this purpose, the judgment of seven experts specialized in writing assessment was used. Each judge completed a validation matrix, rating the items according to four criteria: sufficiency, relevance, coherence, and clarity, and the resulting data were subsequently processed using Aiken's V coefficient. In most of the sections that were evaluated, the scores obtained fell within the excellent and good categories, which confirms that the items retain their relevance and appropriateness within the Ecuadorian context. Likewise, the expert judges made specific observations regarding the wording of certain items, which remain documented as input for future adjustments to the instrument. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the PROESC battery presents consistent evidence of content validity, thereby empirically supporting its application in the psychopedagogical assessment of writing among Ecuadorian children and adolescents.