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- Title
Conceptions and assessment practices in Rio de Janeiro municipal schools.
- Authors
Baptista de Almeida, Andréa; da Rocha Rosistolato, Rodrigo Pereira; da Silva Cerdeira, Diana Gomes
- Abstract
We analyzed the conceptions and assessment practices of elementary school teachers, aiming to investigate the uses of the results of the learning assessments in schools and the results of the Provas Bimestrais (Bimonthly Exams) - instruments of the Assessment System of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Educational System - for planning and taking pedagogical decisions. We are based on the theories of formative assessment, which indicated assessment as a tool to improve learning and not just to measure it. We conducted interviews and participant observation in two schools, describing and analyzing contradictions between discourse and practices. The teachers' conceptions approached formative assessment, focusing on defense of diversification of assessment instruments, yet they mainly conduct traditional exams and, frequently, they work in a similar way to the Provas Bimestrais (Bimonthly Exams). The results of both assessments were basically to give superficial feedback to the students and to calculate their grades, distancing the assessment practice from the theoretical conception of formative assessment.
- Subjects
RIO de Janeiro (Brazil); ELEMENTARY school teachers; FORMATIVE evaluation; LEARNING; EVALUATION; PARTICIPANT observation; ELEMENTARY education; GRADING of students; TEACHERS
- Publication
Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação, 2022, Vol 30, Issue 117, p920
- ISSN
0104-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-40362022003003593