Abstract

CORTI, Ana Paula. As diversas faces do ENEM: análise do perfil dos participantes (1999-2007). Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.55, pp.198-221. ISSN 0103-6831.

The public visibility of the National High School Examination has increased considerably in recent years, particularly through print and television media, which emphasizes a ranking of schools in Brazil. This approach eventually associates the examination to an evaluation of national secondary school teaching, and at the same time, of the schools individually. This article argues that, contrary to government and media discourses, this exam, from the very beginning, has been a far shot from an effective high school evaluation as a stage in the educational process; furthermore this distance has been increasing over the years and the changes introduced in the exam. The methodology adopted in the study consisted in analyzing the profile of the examination participants in the 1999-2007 period. The results reveal their heterogeneity with a sharp decrease in the number of graduates (people who are attending the last year of high school) and an increase in the number of drop-outs.

Keywords : ENEM; Secondary School; Large Scale Assessment.

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