O sistema de avaliação do ensino fundamental/SAEF e sua contribuição na gestão escolar pública municipal de Fortaleza

Abstract

External assessments present in Educational Systems in Brazil since the 1990s, motivated in Fortaleza, from 2013 onwards, the strengthening of Management by Results and monitoring of student learning, through the Elementary Education Assessment System-SAEF. In this sense, the research consisted of evaluating the contribution of SAEF to school management actions with a focus on SPAECE-ALFA indicators. And specifically, we sought to: (1) Identify the evolution of the performance of 6 schools with the worst result, in each Education District of the Municipal Network of Fortaleza, in the SPAECE-ALFA evaluations, in the period from 2007 to 2022; and (2) identify management actions carried out based on SAEF data. As a theoretical basis, it was based on the debate on external evaluations with an emphasis on the quality of education, based among others on: Dourado (2001,2007), Freitas (2009), Afonso (2011,2014), Brooke and Cunha (2011) , Werle (2010). On the topic of Public Policy, Vieira (2000), Avritzer and Boaventura (2003), Lamar and Vicenti (2020) were sought. And in the field of Public Management by Results-GPR: Behn (1998), Garces and Silveira (2002), Ramos 2004, Oliveira (2015,2017). The research is qualitative in nature, based on In-Depth Assessment (Rodrigues, 2008,2011). To collect data, a questionnaire was applied, with open and closed questions, to technicians from the Municipal Department of Education, technicians from the six Education Districts and three school managers who worked at the time of SAEF's implementation. Data analysis was based on Content Analysis. The study sought to analyze the external evaluation policy of the public municipal education network in Fortaleza, in the context of results-based management, through contributions from the implementation of the Elementary Education Assessment System (SAEF). It is concluded that, after fifteen years of its creation, the SAEF is a policy still in the process of being constructed, representing a significant challenge for educational managers, teachers and other members of school communities, who seek to improve the quality of pedagogical and assessment practices. in educational institutions in the municipal network of Fortaleza.