Regime de colaboração entre o estado e os municípios do Rio Grande do Sul frente ao sistema de avaliação em larga escala

Abstract

This study discusses a collaboration in a partnership between the Department of Education of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul -SEE/RS) and the state municipalities, using the large scale evaluation system, more specifically the System for the Evaluation of Academic Achievement of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Sistema de Avaliação do Rendimento Escolar do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul -SAERS), focusing on Basic Education, in the period from 2007 to 2010, during the Administration of Governor Yeda Rorato Crusius. The methodology used is qualitative, with the collection and analysis of legal documents and a semi-structured interview. It describes the form of collaboration and the instrument that normatized the partnership established, in a regime of collaboration between the state and the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul that joined SAERS, in the period from 2007 and 2010. It described the actions of the Union of Municipal Leaders of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (União dos Dirigentes Municipais do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul -UNDIME/RS) in the adherence of the municipalities to the state system of evaluation during that period. The practices adopted by municipal management due to the results of SAERS are presented. It was concluded that of the 497 Rio Grande do Sul municipalities, 153 participated in the evaluation process (30.98%), in a collaborative regime between 2007 and 2010, and only two municipalities – Monte Belo do Sul and Serafina Corrêa – belonging to the Association of Municipalities of the Upper Slope of the Northeast Rio Grande do Sul Mountains (Associação dos Municípios da Encosta Superior do Nordeste da Serra Gaúcha -AMESNE) joined the process in three consecutive editions (2007/2008/2009). The instrument used by SEE/RS and by the municipalities to implement the collaborative regime in this partnership mechanism was a contract established between them and the Center of Public Policies and Evaluation of Education (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação -CAEd) of Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). The collaborative regime, for SEE/RS, aimed to reduce the student/test cost and enable the effective improvement of education in Rio Grande do Sul. On the other hand the municipalities aimed to verify the level of proficiency of the schools that were not reached by SAEB, because of the small number of students per class. The practical work of the municipalities, based on the results of SAERS, was done according to the current municipal administration. However no public policies implemented by the municipal SAERS results were carried out according to the current municipal administration. Nevertheless, no public policies implemented by the municipalities based on the results of SAERS were found.