Avaliação da Interiorização do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão

Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of internalization of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão (IFMA) in academic achievement of elementary school in the municipalities covered with deployment. There are few studies on the influence of the presence of the Federal Institutes as incentives for improvement of primary education, especially in poor regions such as the state of Maranhão. The data used were the notes of the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB), extracted from the National Institute of Educational Studies Teixeira portal (INEP) in 2005 to 2013. We use the Synthetic Control method developed by Abadie, Dimond and Hainmuller (2010), getting a counterfactual in the construction of the trajectory of IDEB notes since those municipalities with IFMA. Empirical evidence suggests that the expansion had a positive effect on IDEB notes.