IDESP: índice de desenvolvimento da educação do Estado de São Paulo e a gestão escolar: um estudo de caso exploratório.

Abstract

This study intends to investigate the impact of Idesp - Education Development Index of the State of Sao Paulo in the actions of school administrators. The objective of the research is to contribute to the further analysis of the relationships between external evaluations and school management, in this case, focusing the Idesp and management of public schools. As a specific objective, the study intends to examine an elementary school (6th. to 9th. grades) and high school, with high levels of evaluation and difficulties in achieving the goals set by the system year by year. The theorical references are: Afonso (2009), Andrew (2005), Bogdan e Biklen (1994), Fazenda (2004), C. Franco (2007), M. L. Franco (2008), D. Freitas (2007), L. C. Freitas (2009), Gatti (2002), Libâneo (2001), Lima (2008), Martins (2010), Mazzilli (2009), D. A. Oliveira (2010), J. F. Oliveira (2009), Severino (2007), Vieira (2009), documents and websites of the Secretary of the Education of the State of São Paulo and the National Institute of Educational Studies Anísio Teixeira. This is an exploratory case study that aims to investigate the impact of Idesp in the management of a state school. The methodological procedures used were: analysis of documents, interviews and observations. The data and the answers given by the management staff indicates that the school has been working with political pedagogical project, proposing actions that go beyond what is required, various initiatives among students and their parents. On the other hand, the interviews indicate, and also suggest that most of the initiatives should come from the educational policies and educational management.