O desempenho em avaliações externas nos anos iniciais: uma análise de fatores e ações de uma escola pública mineira

Abstract

This management case propound to analyze the pedagogical actions and practices performed in an elementary school in the city of Juiz de Fora (MG), which has been presenting favorable results in a external assessments. The focus is on the evaluations of the Basic Education Public Network Assessment Program (Proeb) and the Basic Education Assessment System (Saeb) according to data presented from 2014 and 2015, respectively, for the fifth years of Elementary School. Thus, this research seeks to answer the following guiding question: “What factors may be contributing to the good performance of students at this school in the Proeb and Saeb assessments (5th year)?” Based on this question, the general objective of the research is to analyze which intra- and extra-school factors may be contributing to the good performance of 5th-year students in the external Proeb and Saeb assessments of the Mariano Procópio State School, as well as to propose actions to improve and enhance student learning. The specific objectives of the research are: to describe the context of the school researched, especially the intra-school factors – actions, projects and pedagogical interventions – that may be contributing to the good performance in the external assessments of Proeb and Saeb; to analyze factors that may be interfering in the performance data of 5th grade students and to propose an action plan to improve and enhance the pedagogical practices carried out by the school and disseminate such practices to other schools with similar characteristics. To conduct the research, a qualitative approach was used, through a Questionnaire and Focus Group applied to a group of representatives of teachers, specialists and school management. Based on the field research and analysis of the collected data, some weaknesses were identified, as well as potentialities and successful pedagogical practices carried out by the school. From this perspective, the Educational Action Plan was created, focusing on the main sensitive points such as teamwork, the resumption and sharing of successful practices, collective planning, the relationship between family and school, special education, among others.