A new version of the Basic Education Assessment System (saeb) was released by the Ministry of Education (MEC). The annual tests, which take place next year, may replace the National High School Examination (Enem).
Through Saeb, student access to higher education institutions can be different. The measure was published from an ordinance in the Official Gazette (DOU), on May 6. The signature was from Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub.
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The application of the Saeb test is the responsibility of the Anísio Teixeira National Institute of Educational Studies and Research (inep), linked to the MEC.
“Beyond the traditional exam that will continue to exist, we will offer the Enem serial, which is precisely the application of the Saeb tests in the 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year”, explained the president of Inep, Alexandre Lopes.
You new exams will be applied to students who are studying from the 2nd grade of elementary school to the 3rd grade of high school.
The implementation of the model will be done gradually, starting in the second half of 2021. The first grade contemplated is the 1st year of high school.
According to the ministry, the tests will be on paper until the 4th year of elementary school and electronic for grades from the 5th onwards.
“In the future, digital tests will be adaptive, that is, for each item that the student does, the equipment will draw the next question, based on the answer given in the previous item. Each evaluation, therefore, will be unique for each student”, informed the MEC.
The purpose of the exam is to raise more accurate estimates of student proficiency. In addition, it aims to reduce the time of data collection and dissemination of results.
On social networks, the Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub, said that the model will contribute to the reduction of inequalities. “It gives us an x-ray of teaching, unlike the exam of the enem”, he pointed out.
According to Weintraub, the new system will serve to contribute to a profound change in the indicators of Brazilian education, which is one of the worst in the world. Latin America.
According to the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education (LDB), the model will be supported by states and municipalities.
“The professors who will work with our technical teams within Inep will be multipliers of this knowledge in their networks. Therefore, it is extremely important to involve them, as these professors are at the forefront of the national assessment process”, pointed out Alexandre Lopes.
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