Avaliação de fatores socioeconômicos e comportamentais nos resultados dos alunos na prova Brasil de 2011 nos municípios cearenses

Abstract

This study aims to identify the socioeconomic and behavioral factors that most influenced the students on their results of the “Prova Brasil 2011”. Therefore, we use four econometric models of the logit type to measure the chance of these students to achieve a cutoff in Portuguese-speaking subjects and mathematics on the 5th and 9th grade of elementary school. The results show the importance of the variables related to families on student outcomes. Simple measures such as encouraging children to study had more importance in estimates that variables related to goods of possessions. Students who reported that teachers give and correct tasks, as well as those who do regularly homework are more likely to achieve the desired results, reaching 16 percentage points more chance for math in grade 9. Having no previous failure increases the likelihood significantly in both series and disciplines which indicates the importance of a more personalized support for children with learning difficulties in the first years of school life. Finally, we highlight the great heterogeneity of results among municipalities. Even with similar GDP some municipalities have very distant middle notes indicating the importance of public policies in education.