Sistemas de avaliações em larga escala na perspectiva histórico-cultural: o caso do Sistema Mineiro de Avaliação da Educação Pública – SIMAVE

Abstract

The present work follows in the search field of the History of Mathematics Education and refers to external evaluations, in particular, the assessment conducted in the State of Minas Gerais by SIMAVE, Sistema Mineiro de Avaliação da Educação Pública, specifically the Programa de Avaliação da Educação Básica, (PROEB) applied to classes of third grade high school in the city of Lavras. Our goal is to investigate the transformations that have been taking place in the Mathematics subject for the third grade of high school, since the constitution of SIMAVE / PROEB in 2000. We have treated the issue in the cultural history perspective, using concepts from the subject of history of school. We analyzed Official documents from the Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Minas Gerais (SEE-MG) and from the Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – Caed. In addition, we analyzed testimonies gathered in informal conversations and interviews with teachers. The findings pointed to an interference in the subject’s curriculum since the evaluation results became SIMAVE’s parameters for receiving an award instituted by the government of Minas Gerais for the schools which achieve goals that vary every year. The teachers end up being pressured by classmates because the award competition is based on the results of mathematics and Portuguese’s evaluations, which are applied by SIMAVE / PROEB.