Large-scale evaluation:

the Paraná test and the process of commercialization of education in the state of Paraná

Abstract

The present article, which starts from a bibliographical research with a critical-analytical character, presents as its objective a possibility of dialogue regarding large-scale evaluation and its connection with the liberal system, in addition to its purposes and its managerialist perspective. Here we highlight the evaluation in its various aspects, with the state level as its main locus, with the Paraná Test, which reveals paths for the State's educational policies. This Test has been aligned with liberal perspectives that emphasize results to the detriment of the learning process. This assessment has been carried out since 2019, bringing drastic consequences for schools, as it links the imposed curriculum to the tests, having repercussions as a form of control for the formation of the young student working class. By way of results, we propose, with this research, a critical look at this state evaluation method, with a view to the search for quality education, based on science and the theoretical-methodological deepening that underlies criticality. This takes into account that the school cannot be understood as an arena for measuring statistical-marketing projects. The quality of teaching must be disconnected from the business sector's view of the school.