Assessment, State, and regulation: Repercussions of Prova Brasil in the (con)formation of professionals and in the managerialism at schools

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.26.3710

Keywords:

Assessment Policies, Regulation, Managerialism

Abstract

This article presents some reflections on the changes in the role of the state in the process of defining rules, norms, and configuration of educational systems, based on the results of a wider research on the repercussions of Prova Brasil in the municipalities of Campina Grande (PB) and Pelotas (RS). It focuses on the analysis of changes in the relation between state and market, as well as in the model of state regulation that reinforces the implantation of managerial mechanisms in the educational systems and in the schools. Through documental, bibliographic, and empirical data, the findings demonstrate that, despite the peculiarity with which municipalities and schools react to this national policy, there is great concern about the results of Prova Brasil and IDEB, which convert into public-private partnerships the implementation of some incentives such as payment by performance and other compensations for best schools. In Campina Grande, training has been a strategic element in pushing professionals toward a market logic; in Pelotas, professionals try to preserve their autonomy and practice a collective work. Therefore, on the one hand, the post-bureaucratic and quasi-market model of regulation that permeates the assessment system weakens the autonomy, professionalization, and democratic management of schools. On the other, the teachers who work in the schools are subjects capable of resisting and reinventing their practices.

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Author Biographies

Luciana Leandro da Silva, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG, PB)

Possui Licenciatura Plena em Pedagogia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, 2006), Mestrado em Educação pela Universidad de Granada (UGR, 2010) e Doutorado em Educação pela Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, 2014). Estágio pós-doutorado na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), junto ao Grupo de Pesquisa Gestão, Currículo e Políticas Educativas. Atualmente é Professora Adjunta da Unidade Acadêmica de Educação da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (PB).

Alvaro Moreira Hypolito, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel, RS)

Concluiu o Doutorado (PhD) em Curriculum and Instruction na Universidade de Wisconsin - Madison. É Pesquisador do CNPq e Professor Titular da Universidade Federal de Pelotas, onde exerceu, dentre outras, a função de Pró-Reitor de Graduação. Atualmente é Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação. Atua na área de educação, com ênfase em estudos sobre Trabalho Docente, Currículo, Gestão e Gerencialismo.

Published

2018-10-15

How to Cite

da Silva, L. L., & Hypolito, A. M. (2018). Assessment, State, and regulation: Repercussions of Prova Brasil in the (con)formation of professionals and in the managerialism at schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 26, 128. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.26.3710

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Políticas da Administração e Gestão em Países da Lusofonia