Abstract

ALAVARSE, Ocimar Munhoz; MACHADO, Cristiane  and  ARCAS, Paulo Henrique. External evaluation and quality education: training of teachers in question. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.54, pp.1353-1375.  Epub Feb 26, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.17.054.ao04.

The observation of the new framework that the debate about the teacher training acquired due to the extension of external evaluation policies and the consequent unveiling of the difficulties entailed by the offer of a quality teaching for all gave rise to this article. The purpose is to question on: what should teachers know to explore the potential of the external evaluations results in order to increase the quality of learning-education at schools? This study presents preliminary results of a broader research with the purpose of comparing the results of the external evaluation (São Paulo Tests) with the results of the internal evaluations made by the teachers. The research was conducted in the municipal network of São Paulo and the methodology adopted is that of research- action. It concludes that there is an urgent need for teachers to delve into the grounds, objectives and results of external evaluations, so that they can be used as a complement to develop their work, serving as another mechanism to progress on the quality of the public education offered. Efforts must be made to ensure that teachers are endowed with knowledge about the context, grounds, and role of external evaluations, as well as their potential to use the results in the everyday classroom work. Finally, it is emphasized that to understand the results of external evaluations is to understand them not as an end, but as an opportunity to associate them to the essential changes of the public school.

Keywords : Educational assessment; External evaluation; Teacher training; Education quality.

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