This article describes a Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) of Provinha Brasil – Leitura,1 based on Item Response Theory. We detail the operation and development of the algorithm. The CAT was administered by means of tablet computers to 1,983 students in the 1st and 2nd grades of primary education, in 15 schools of the Municipal Education System of São Paulo. Results confirm the quality of Provinha Brasil’s items...
This article retrieves and analyzes proposals and initiatives for the organization of elementary education in cycles of the municipal networks of Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and São Paulo implemented in the first half of the 1990s and which served as a reference for other education networks, especially after the promulgation of LDB. In the context of education policies that have advocated their quality as expr...
O artigo estuda os resultados, na Prova Brasil, dos alunos dos anos finais do ensino fundamental da Rede Municipal de Ensino de São Paulo. Contextualiza a avaliação da educação básica no país e ressalta a criação da Prova Brasil e do IDEB como elementos balizadores do debate sobre a qualidade do ensino. Analisa o objetivo do IDEB de ser um indicador de qualidade da educação e conclui que, embora ele não contemp...
Explorar possíveis interfaces entre a configuração dos Sistemas Estaduais de Avaliação com qualidade e gestão da educação é o objetivo deste artigo. Dentre os 27 entes federados, 19 possuem sistemas próprios de avaliação (LOPES, 2007; SOUSA; OLIVEIRA, 2010; GAME, 2011). Verificou-se que, de modo geral, esses sistemas possuem as mesmas características e o mesmo desenho do Sistema de Avaliação da Educação Básica ...
From the debate on quality in education this work aims at identifyingthe strengthening of initiatives external evaluations of educational policyas a guideline for improving the quality of education in schools. Drawing onnational survey try to show possible interfaces of evaluations with the qualityof education. Are highlighted some potential, and also some evidence ofpolitical tensions evaluation in school life...