Students’ performance in the public education in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Autores: Passador, C.S., Passador, J.L., Carneiro-Da-Cunha, J.A.

Abstract

This study analyses the variation of student performance and the way in which some factors affect student performance in the 8th grade of public education in the state of São Paulo. A regression analysis with the Hierarchical Database Model method on data from Prova Brasil and the School Census was performed. According to the results obtained, the variables which appeared to be associated with student performance were previous failure, initiation of studies in early childhood education, and level of parental education. Regarding schools, significant variables included school meals and average socio-economic status of the students; moreover, for teachers the variables included training, experience, working exclusively for one school, and correcting students’ homework

Keywords: elementary school; students’ performance; public education.