IMPACT OF THE “ESCOLA EM TEMPO INTEGRAL”PROGRAM ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN STATE HIGH SCHOOLS OF ESPÍRITO SANTO
Name: MATEUS VALENTIM AMARO
Publication date: 26/10/2023
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ADONAI JOSE LACRUZ | Advisor |
Summary: The “Escola em Tempo Integral’’ program composes the public policies for basic
education in Espirito Santo and began to be implemented in 2015. Since then the
number of schools covered by this public policy has grown exponentially, from just 1
school in 2015 to 92 schools in 2021. The evaluation of public policies started to gain
space especially following State reforms, when concepts such as transparency and
accountability became notorious. Impact evaluations are those that seek to answer
whether a program achieved the objectives existing in the design of the policy, that is,
whether the program worked or not. Having in sight this context that expanded the
space for transparency, this dissertation consists of an impact evaluation of the fulltime school program of Espirito Santo, which was established by Law n. 799/2015. To
this end, this research is of a quantitative nature and made use of the statistical
methods propensity score matching to define the counterfactual, and difference in
differences to analyze the data. The sample consisted of a control group and a
treatment group. These were represented by schools that participate in the full-time
school program, while those were represented by schools that do not participate. The
result was that the program did not impact school performance, which was measured
by PAEBES. Therefore, the causal hypothesis was rejected. The contributions of this
research are theoretical, social, and practical, as it advances the discussion on public
educational policies, which is essential for society, in addition to providing tools for
public management on the impact of the program and whether it should be continued
or not.
