Avaliação de impacto do Programa um Computador por Aluno no desempenho escolar

Abstract

From the perspective of evaluating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the school environment, aiming to enhance the quality of education, this study seeks to quantify the impact of the One Computer per Student Program (Prouca) on school performance. The program involved providing laptops to students and training teachers. For this purpose, microdata from the Basic Education Assessment System (Saeb) was used in conjunction with the School Census, conducting school-level analyses using the Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) method, considering the restriction of a maximum number of eligible students and teachers to participate in the program. In this case, the number of students and teachers predicted by the Maimonides' Rule function developed by Angrist and Lavy (1999) was used as an instrument for the observed quantity. The results revealed that Prouca did not hav significantly impact students in standardized Portuguese language and mathematics tests hese findings support the existing literature that evaluates the implementation of ICTs in schools, particularly in developing countries.