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Educational evaluation in municipal contexts

Abstract :

In this text we discuss how local authorities respond to the national evaluation exam and how this evaluation tool is used in their school systems. The data discussed is based on studies carried out in ten municipal school systems from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul whose results, as shown by the Ideb (Education Index), are high. Two main municipal strategies were identified: (1) selective incorporation along with the use of adaptation and gradation procedures of national measures, expressing a special form of collaboration with the Union; (2) incipient construction of municipal tools for evaluation, as a means to answer for peculiarities and to preserve municipal autonomy. In general, the use of the evaluation tool is orientated towards regulation, induction, and rarely for diagnostics and formative purposes or for public accountability.

Keywords :
Municipal education; Educational policy; Educational management; Educational evaluation

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