Análise da eficiência técnica dos insumos escolares no ensino fundamental para os municípios brasileiros

Abstract

This study is aimed to construct a set of indicators of technical efficiency of the school supplies of the Brazilian municipal public schools. The econometric approach is based on a Stochastic Frontier model. Based on the Portuguese test of the Prova Brasil for the years 2009 and 2011, an educational production function was estimated regressing the average scores in Portuguese test against a set of inputs of direct control of the school, obtained through the questionnaires applied to the directors and teachers of the schools. The results reveal that the schools are efficient in the allocation of inputs controlled by them, with scores above 90%. In addition, the estimated total variance indicated that about 75% of the variability of the average performance of the schools in the Portuguese test is explained by extracurricular factors.