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regarding assessments, due to the way they are being positioned, that is, "with this focus on
education as a commodity, school as a company, and the teacher as an implementer of
government projects" (Lopes Assis, 2018, p.174, our translation).
The text now being addressed is that of Regina Célia da Luz (2021), which has a
qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with two pedagogical
coordinators from the Municipal Education Secretariat (SME), two school managers, two
teachers who teach fifth (5th) grades, one Portuguese language teacher, and one mathematics
teacher from ninth (9th) grades. The theoretical framework of the research was based on Freitas
(2005, 2007, 2010, 2014), Freitas et al. (2009), Sordi (2009, 2012), Sordi and Freitas (2009),
and used content analysis by Bardin (2002).
In conclusion, it can be observed that
The repercussions of large-scale assessment on daily school life and teaching
practices are numerous, given the pressure exerted on school managers and
teachers to conduct training with students, aiming for better results in IDEB,
and consequently, the tension that such practices generate in the school
context (Luz, 2021, p. 139, our translation).
In addition to the repercussions on pedagogical practice, teachers are held accountable
for IDEB results, which generates frustration, fear, feelings of helplessness, guilt, and excessive
pressure from their superiors. It is essential to consider the context and not just a few variables
in a large-scale assessment, as this can lead to a result that does not reflect reality.
We will now discuss Quelli Cristina da Silva Oliveira's dissertation (2015). The study
was conducted from the theoretical-methodological perspective of historical-dialectical
materialism and investigated eight teachers, five principals, five coordinators, two managers
from the municipal education secretariat, and one pedagogical teacher from the Regional
Education Center responsible for the Brazil Test. In addition, an analysis of 68 student
notebooks from the 3rd and 5th grades was conducted. Field research was carried out between
2013 and 2015, and theorists such as Neto (2011), Saviani (2012), Duarte (2001), Brazil (2012),
and Frigotto (2015) consulted on it. This study aligns with the trend of considering the variables
of the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) as insufficient to evaluate the quality of
education in educational institutions.
The author views the IDEB as a policy of state centralization, as it uses the results of
large-scale assessments to coerce and hold educators accountable. She highlights the ideology
of the overvaluation of numbers, enacted by schools as a parameter to assess the quality of