Preliminary course concept: unique concept for a multiple educational reality

• Autor(a) principal: Lacerda, Leo Lynce Valle de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Ferri, Cássia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos em Avaliação Educacional
• Texto Completo: https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/eae/article/view/3970
• topic: Educação Superior; Sinaes; Enade; Conceito Preliminar de Curso.; Sistema de Avaliação; Educación Superior; Sinaes; Enade; Concepto Preliminar de Curso.; Higher Education; Sinaes; Enade; Preliminary Concept of Course.

This article investigated the National Evaluation System for Higher Education and its primary regulation indicator, the Preliminary Course Concept. A three-year cycle of the National Examination of Courses, encompassing 55 areas of undergraduate education, was used. The relationship between the inputs and the graduates’ grades was analyzed using multiple linear regression, retaining those grades which presented semi-partial correlations, significant at 5%. The results showed a lack of relationship in 11 of the 55 areas. In the others, the inputs with higher frequency of correlations were the grades for infrastructure and doctors. The correlation frequency was higher for universities, demonstrating that the indicator is more appropriate for these. The results demonstrate that the indicator does not show a relationship between input and output independent of the areas and institutions. Therefore, it cannot be used as an indicator of quality without a qualitative assessment of the context of the institution and the course.