Contexts, policies and results of secondary education assessment: a study in four brazilian states

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Sofia Lerche
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Vidal, Eloísa Maia, Galvão, Willana Nogueira M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Cenpec (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.cenpec.org.br/cadernos/index.php/cadernos/article/view/365
• topic: Educational policy. Large-scale assessment. Secondary education. School management.; Política educacional. Evaluación a gran escala. Enseñanza media. Gestión escolar.; Política educacional. Avaliação de larga escala. Ensino médio. Gestão escolar.

This study discusses national and state large-scale assessment policies in four Brazilian states – São Paulo, Goiás, Pernambuco and Ceará – focusing on the effects of these policies on secondary schools with good performance levels situated in high socio-spatial vulnerability areas. The sample comprised 24 schools and the methodology involved quantitative and qualitative analyses. By analyzing the configurations of the national and state systems, we found that there are more similarities than differences between them, which led us to question whether equivalent efforts and resources are not being employed twice to improve the quality of education, thus burdening schools and everyone involved. Participants’ accounts show an acute awareness that the assessment culture is here to stay, and stress some harmful effects of its excesses.