O Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (IDEB): contribuições na retroalimentação da qualidade educacional ou mecanismo de responsabilização?

Abstract

This work is the result of research from the 2024/2025 edition of the Institutional Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program (PIBIC/CNPq), focusing on the theme of institutional evaluation and educational quality. The objective is to understand the debate on the theme involving evaluation, educational results and quality of education anchored in theoretical-practical approaches in the field of educational management, having as a corpus of analysis the management of municipal education networks in the state of Piauí. The methodology adopted in this work was the qualitative approach, taking into account: planning, data collection, analysis of theoretical-methodological assumptions and analysis of information. The planning had as a starting point to select the four municipalities with the lowest Ideb (basic education development index), in the 2023 edition, among the municipalities of Piauí, as well as to understand the debate on the theme of evaluation, educational results and quality of education. During the data collection stage, the theoretical foundations related to the topic were surveyed and systematized in documents and on official websites of the municipal governments included in this research, as well as information on websites (local news related to the topic under study). Next, we analyzed the theoretical and conceptual assumptions that underpin educational management and assessment, anchored in the Ideb, whose repercussions point to management by results, and analyzed the political and legal guidelines of municipal governments regarding educational management. The results indicate that the municipalities, despite having a high level of schooling in elementary education and also a structure based on their political and legal frameworks, still find it difficult to reverse the current scenario of educational inequalities in which they find themselves.