A inclusão de ciências naturais nos sistemas de avaliação da educação: o caso do Avalia BH

Abstract

This dissertation focuses on the case study of the evaluation system of public education pertaining to the Municipal Education Department of the city of Belo Horizonte-MG – called Avalia BH – concerning the implementation of proficiency tests in Natural Sciences. The motivations for such an implementation and its effects on the management of the system itself, the school management, student achievement and teacher practice are investigated. It is concluded, through interviews with the agency responsible for the program (Gerência de Avaliação de Políticas Educacionais – GAPED, in Portuguese) and by the analysis of questionnaires given to teachers and educational managers, that the inclusion of measuring scientific competencies on this system resonates timid actions before their results; it also presents uncertainty about its procedures and measurement instruments, therefore in need of reformulation. It is proposed as an Educational Action Plan, an extension of the research conducted here starting from the meta-evaluation in order to systematize the main points to be modified to make compensatory public policy to Science Teaching.