The objective of this work is to verify the performance of the undergraduate courses - Agronomy, Physical Education, Nursing, Pharmacy, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Nutrition, Dentistry, Social Service - after the first National Student Performance Exam (ENADE) evaluative cycle in three campi of the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) (Teresina, Bom Jesus e Parnaíba). The data are compared with the performance of other educational institutions state of Piauí, in order to check if the formative function of the evaluation proposed by ENADE was significantly accomplished for the period between 2004 and 2007. The study is based on the analysis of the ENADE data, inclining difference index between the Observed and Expected (PDI) and on the preliminary speaking, the formative function of evaluation does not present significative effect on results between the exams, except on courses of Medicine, Dentistry and Social Service which present better performance compared to 2004.
Formative evaluation; Higher education; Performance; ENADE
