Horses also fall: treaty of IDEB’s inconsistencies

Abstract

This article analyzes the inconsistencies of the results of the IDEB 2015 related to public education. Methodologically, we use descriptive and multivariate statistics. The findings indicate that: 1) high pass rate artificially inflates the IDEB’s magnitude; 2) there is no correspondence between the performance of the IDEB at different levels of education; 3) there is no correlation between the position in the IDEB and in the ENEM; Together, these methodological limitations compromise the validity of the published inference and justify the existence of doubts about the assessment model adopted by INEP.

Evaluation; Basic education; Public education; IDEB