«Who would not want your school get up there?»: Voices that echo on the Brazilian external evaluations applied in the micro-region schools of Ubá / MG

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a survey that examined the impact of external evaluations in teaching in public schools of micro-region of Ubá (MRUbá), Minas Gerais. The methodology included an investigation into three schools, on-site observations, semi-structured interviews with teachers, literature on the subject and qualitative data analysis. The «voices» that echoed the schools signaled to the logic of accountability, accountability, the pressure for results, the (dis) belief in IDEB, of aspects relating to competition, among others. The data enabled us to realize that teachers are greatly affected by the current evaluation model, whose measurement mechanisms the blaming and also to school, besides generating rankings that are increasingly reinforcing a competitive environment.

Keywords

• trabalho docente
• avaliações externas
• políticas educacionais
• Microrregião de Ubá-MG