Gestão e avaliação em larga escala: uma análise a partir da perspectiva de escolas privadas no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The trend in evaluating the private school system of primary education in Brazil has gained momentum with focus on its quality and the implication to the management of schools. This thesis aimed to understand the relationship between large scale education evaluation and school management and the impact of this relationship to the Rio Grande do Sul private educational system. A qualitative methodology was used combining questionnaire surveys sent to private schools of primary education and open ended interviews with key individuals in charge of the large scale educational evaluation. The first chapter introduces the theoretical framework illustrating the relationships between educational management and evaluation that was built from the literature whereas chapter two presents the analysis of the large scale educational evaluation agencies, the participating schools and their struggles nowadays. Chapters three and four explore the interpretation given to the findings: the former discusses the schools’ experiences in using the large scale evaluation and its implication to school management, and the later focuses on the important aspects of educational management through the six main blocks of information that emerged from the quantitative and qualitative data gathered. This research was able to demonstrate the intertwined relationship between the large scale educational evaluation and the school management, and their meaning to the private school system of primary education. It encourages further research on the area of private school management and evaluation.