%0 Journal Article %T Midiendo calidad en educaci¨®n superior: an¨˘lisis de confiabilidad y validez de una encuesta de certificaci¨®n de calidad del pregrado, versi¨®n estudiantes %A Gallardo %A Ismael %A S¨˘nchez %A Juan %A Leiva %A Marcelo %J Estudios pedag¨®gicos (Valdivia) %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-07052011000200006 %X this research presents data on the reliability and validity of construct (through structural model equations) of the cna certification scale of educational quality in its student version. the results of two applications show that the instrument has acceptable reliability and that a theoretical model with related dimensions has a better fit of the data in both applications. the values of reliability and validity improve by making a data reduction based on statistical criteria, an improvement that is replicated at both times of measurement. we discuss the implications of these results for measuring the quality of education and provide some reflections and recommendations for future studies. %K higher education %K quality %K measuring. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-07052011000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en