O conceito de qualidade educacional no índice de desenvolvimento da educação básica: aspectos teórico epistemológicos

Abstract

The investigation addresses the representation of the concept of educational quality in the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB), tracing a conceptual reconstruction of the theme in the legislation that supports the establishment of the indicator. It outlines a conceptual review with the aim of establishing a complex approach to the subject. Its main objective is to describe the meanings of the concept of educational quality that manifest around the index. Based on a theoretical and qualitative approach, the study analyzed two documents based on the methodological precepts of content analysis (Bardin, 2014). From the analysis, the study found a pragmatic characteristic and a predominance of the notions of efficiency and effectiveness in the representation of educational quality.