Desempenho médio das Gerências Regionais da Educação em Pernambuco: uma análise de aglomerado do Ensino Médio.

Abstract

The present work is of an exploratory nature, presenting an analysis of the performance of the Regional Managements of Education -GRE, in the municipalities of the State of Pernambuco. With the hypothesis that the good performance of high school GREs students in 2019 in the state of Pernambuco can contribute to regional economic performance. And GREs located spatially closer to each other may reflect more similar performances. The objective is to verify the performance of high school students from all municipalities in the state through the data provided by the 2019 SAEB, linked to the characteristics of the Schools, Directors, Teachers and Socioeconomics of the Student. Therefore, there is the intention to identify groups that present similar characteristics. For this purpose, the cluster analysis technique was used. Due to the hierarchical clustering methodology, which considered the Ward's distance (minimum variation of differences), they were performed in the Rstudio Software and analyzing the dynamics of the formation of clusters (or groups). The technique made it possible to accurately visualize, through the manipulated variables, the performance of the GRE and to know the profile of the modal student of the year 2019. The results indicate that the GRE with the best performance, with a higher average in Portuguese and Mathematics, above average of the State, are located in the Sertão of Pernambuco. And the most present profile of high school students, they declare: brown, live with parents and siblings, live in urban areas, have easy access to school, study in state schools and have the participation of parents in their school life.