IDEB AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHOOL MANAGER IN THE STATE EDUCATION NETWORK OF ALAGOAS

Educational politics. IDEB. School manager's role.

The present research has as its object of study the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) and the performance of managers in the implementation of this educational policy. The general objective of the research was to analyze the performance of school managers and their impact on the result of IDEB in schools of the 2nd GERE of the State Network of Alagoas, having as specific objectives: (1) to investigate the interferences of IDEB in the practice of performance of school managers; (2) reflect on the attributions of school managers and the demands for IDEB's results; (3) understand the performance of managers in the implementation of strategies used to achieve the projected grades; and, finally, (4) to analyze the managers' view on the quality of education placed in educational policies, having IDEB as a reference. The theoretical-methodological approach was based on qualitative research and used the case study as a research technique. The subjects participating in the research were school managers (principal and vice-principal) and data collection took place through an online questionnaire, applied to managers, and a semi-structured interview with the Manager of the 2nd GERE, aiming to deepen some questions raised in the quiz. This research aims to reveal how the results obtained in IDEB support the formulation and consolidation of educational policies, since as a strategic indicator of the current Brazilian educational policy, it operates as a thermometer of educational quality, even having interference in educational policies such as curriculum. , teacher training and organization of school spaces.