Abstract

KASMIRSKI, Paula; GUSMAO, Joana  and  RIBEIRO, Vanda. PAIC and equity in Elementary Schools in Ceará. Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.28, n.69, pp.848-872.  Epub Dec 01, 2017. ISSN 1984-932X.  https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v28i69.3761.

The aim of this paper is to verify if the Programa Alfabetização na Idade Certa [Literacy in the Right Age Program] (Paic) has contributed to improving the equity in Ceará’s municipal schools. Equity is defined as a situation in which all students, regardless of their social origin, achieve appropriate results. The evaluation of our results is a pedagogical interpretation that indicates adequate proficiency in the Portuguese language of students in Prova Brasil. We investigated the impact of Paic’s on the probability of students achieving satisfactory performance in Portuguese using the Differences-in-Differences (DID) method. The equity concept, operationalized through DID, led us to conclude that the program improved equity in the analyzed cohort because it increased the proportion of students that reached the adequate level of Portuguese proficiency, especially in schools where the majority of students are poor. The analysis revealed that Paic presented elements aligned with principles of justice which adjust to the objective of equity in elementary school.

Keywords : Fairness; Educational Evaluation; Educational Policy; Educational Inequalities.

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