In this study, we calculated a measure of technical efficiency for urban public schools in the Northeast and Southeast of Brazil; evaluated by a battery of tests called Prova Brasil; year 2007, using Three-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology; taking the school as unit of analysis. Based on our results we can say that there are margins for improvements in Brazilian urban public schools in terms of pure managerial ability.
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); efficiency; education; Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA); Socioeconomic Status (SES); Prova Brasil
