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The Bologna process of European convergence assigns evaluation a key role, as a system for quality assurance of grades, in order to increase the mutual trust among different national education systems. However, current evaluation models neither have been revised to include such a legitimistic perspective, nor have assumed the criteria for internationalization included in the official goals of Bologna declarations. The paper describes, through the opinion of academic staff, a metaevaluation of the evaluation system of grades used in the Andalusian universities. A questionnaire was administered to 81academics, chosen because of their previous experience as members of self-evaluation committees. . The questionnaire included 82 criteria for judging the quality of evaluation stages and key elements. Results show the valued characteristics that any evaluation system should fit. Academics have a certificationist conventional perspective over evaluation, rejecting a political alternative perspective and the opportunities added by evaluation in supporting the efforts of internationalization and European convergence. ; El proceso de convergencia iniciado en Bolonia asigna un papel clave a la evaluación, como garante de la calidad de los títulos, para asegurar la confianza mutua entre los distintos sistemas educativos nacionales. Sin embargo, los modelos de evaluación no han sido revisados para incluir esta perspectiva legitimista, y tampoco se han incluido los requisitos que exige la internacionalización asumida en las declaraciones ministeriales como objetivo deseable del cambio universitario. En este artículo, se presenta una metaevaluación del sistema de evaluación de las titulaciones universitarias andaluzas, a través de la opinión del profesorado. Fueron entrevistados mediante cuestionario un total de 81 profesores con experiencia como miembros de comités de autoevaluación de las titulaciones. El cuestionario se compone de 82 criterios con los que se juzga la calidad del proceso de evaluación a lo largo de todas sus fases y elementos clave. Los resultados se interpretan como las características y valores deseables que debería cumplir el sistema de evaluación. Sugieren la existencia de una perspectiva certificacionista y convencional en el modo de entender la evaluación por parte del profesorado, obviando las posibilidades de un planteamiento político y las oportunidades que brinda para apoyar el proceso de internacionalización y convergencia europea.

The purposes of metaevaluation go beyond the traditional functions of accountability and enhancement. It helps guide strategic organizational change and legitimizes evaluation systems. Metaevaluation results can also be used to create checklists so that the persons responsible for any evaluation can revise, monitor, and control them by themselves. In this paper, the self-evaluation stage of an evaluation process in higher education is metaevaluated. The qualitative method applied analyses to the concerns and complaints that emerged during the work sessions. The results are structured around two key elements: the input (information and self-evaluation guideline) and the throughput (the committee and the process, including the meetings and dynamics of work). The information and self-evaluation guidelines are intended to be responsive, comprehensible, and reliable. The self-evaluation committee and process should be effective, efficient, and responsible with the task. The results are discussed with regard to theoretical proposals for evaluation quality that emphasize criteria such as responsiveness and technical quality of the evaluation.