Como melhorar o desempenho escolar em tempos de crise?

Como melhorar o desempenho escolar dos alunos em tempos de contenção de recursos? Uma preocupação persistente, transversal e que atinge todos, como fica ilustrado neste estudo do international Center for Leadership in Education - "Improving Student Performance in Times of Declining Resources". Uma maior exigência na gestão dos recursos tem sido exigida a nível internacional, com reflexos nos resultados e desempenho escolar. Embora nem sempre a pressão seja positiva, o estudo destaca os benefícios de uma maior responsabilização por parte dos agentes educativos e de uma melhor gestão dos programas e dos recursos. É disponibilizado um modelo de análise da relação entre eficiência e eficácia escolar.“(…) schools must find a way to allocate their limited resources to those tools, strategies, and procedures that will result in the most efficient and effective use of dollars.

(…) The approaches and structures that produce the greatest improvements for the least cost should be given priority. This is a subtle but important difference from basing the decision-making process upon existing categorical funds and collective bargaining agreements. It leads to a reshaping of those agreements and realignment of funding sources.

(…) The 21st century skills include the “basics” measured by the state tests and much more. They include a broad array of skills, such as problem solving, decision making, innovation, creativity, respect, responsibility, organizational skills, initiative, and perseverance. They can be developed as much by how we teach as by what we teach. That is, these skills have a great deal to do with instruction, not just content.

The International Center’s Rigor/Relevance Framework helps us understand the difference, yet interrelationship, between the more traditional skills and knowledge taught in schools and the application of those skills/knowledge.

(…) In this schematic, Quadrants A and C are the skills and knowledge for accountability, and Quadrants B and D are the 21st century skills. The former can be tested by state tests, the latter cannot. Therefore, how should we define student performance? A and C or B and D? High performing schools recognize all four quadrants as important.”

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