Inequity inside schools: an analysis of classes social composition

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz, Tatiana Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Xavier, Flavia Pereira, Oliveira, Valéria Cristina de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Gestão e Avaliação Educacional
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/regae/article/view/65270
• topic: classes allocation; social composition of classes; school inequalities.; alocação dos alunos em turmas; composição social das turmas; desigualdades escolares.

This article analyzes the social composition of fifth grade classes in Brazilian public schools. Besides, investigates the correspondence between class social composition and the within-class criteria of grouping. We consider the social composition of classes as the percentage of students who failed in the past, who are black, female, low socioeconomic level or low achievement in reading and mathematics tests. Then, we use the Theil-L Index to describe at first the inequality between classes considering their social composition and, on the other hand, to compare it to the within-class criteria of grouping declared by the principal. As a result, we observe that there is a mismatch between the unequal distribution of students among classes and the perception of principals, even when they stated that were applied a heterogeneous grouping criteria.