Privatização da educação no estado da Paraíba: uma análise das políticas no contexto da NGP

Abstract

This article analyzes a set of policy technologies that were adopted in educational reform promoted in the state of Paraíba, from the early years of the last decade. The focus of the analysis is specifically on the Paraíba Educational Assessment System (Evaluating IDEPB) and the Paraíba Education Development Index (IDEPB), both designed and operated by a private actor: the Center for Public Policy and Education Evaluation (CAED); as well as on the School of Value and Masters of Education Awards. The qualitative study comprised literature review and document survey. It was identified the use of a set of technologies, which operate in an interconnected way, allowing to evaluate, monitor, set goals and assess the individual performance of educational institutions, as well as to stimulate accountability and meritocracy, through the payment of financial awards for productivity. The study concludes that these technologies have inserted the rationality of the market in public education and promoted endogenous privatization in the education network of the state of Paraíba. Moreover, such technologies contribute to promote the regulation of the teaching work in an environment crossed by performativity.