Abstract

SANTOS, Daniel Domingues dos; SCORZAFAVE, Luiz Guilherme; NICOLELLA, Alexandre C.  and  SANT’ANNA, Elder Generozo. More is less? The impact of the experimental 6th grade project - SME/RJ. Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.28, n.69, pp.718-747.  Epub Dec 01, 2017. ISSN 1984-932X.  https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v28i69.3795.

The aim of this study is to assess the short-term impact of the sixth-grade experimental project and the factors that mediate this impact. The main feature of the project proposed by the Department of Municipal Education (SME) of Rio de Janeiro, in 2011, is its expansion up to the 6th grade the elementary education, with only one lead teacher to teach the main subjects. To evaluate the project, we used the differences-in-differences method with propensity scorematching. The results indicate an improvement of 0.16 standard deviations in mathematics at the end of the first half of the project, for the schools that entered in the 6th Grade Experimental, in 2014. The main mechanisms that explain performance improvement are the improved climate in the classroom, in pedagogical autonomy and in the training of teachers.

Keywords : Elementary School; Education Assessment; 6° Grade Experimental Project; Student Performance.

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