EVALUATION POLICIES AND CURRICULUM BEFORE THE NEOCONSERVATIVE ADVANCEMENT

reflections from two realities

Abstract

This article presents some reflections resulting from a broader research that sought to analyze the repercussions of Prova Brasil on the curriculum and teaching work in schools in the municipal networks of Campina Grande-PB and Pelotas-RS, understanding that external evaluations have become it is one of the main technologies of reform and "modernization" of the State, at the service of the materialization and strengthening of neoliberal and neoconservative measures in the field of education. As a qualitative research, bibliographic review and documentary analysis were used, in addition to field research covering observations and semi-structured interviews with professionals working in each of the municipalities involved. As main results it was found that both municipalities have put in place policies of a managerial nature, which includes significant changes in the management of networks, with the active participation of actors from the private sector; under the justification of improving the results in external evaluations, especially Prova Brasil, they have been adopting their own evaluation policies in order to improve their performance at Ideb. This has opened up more scope for the private sector, which provides advisory services, with a focus on the Lemann Foundation. It was also observed that this process has intensified since the approval of the BNCC, which induces the alignment of management, evaluation and curriculum policies, with the necessary adaptation of schools and professionals to the standards imposed by it, reducing the spaces of autonomy and hindering the consolidation of democratic management in schools.