School assessment: a study on neoliberalism trends in basic education in the public education network of the state of São Paulo

Abstract

In this research, our objective is to present some reflections on the possible trends of Neoliberalism in Basic Education in the public education network of the State of São Paulo, especially with regard to school assessment and normative, conceptual and pedagogical concepts, promoting analysis context, how it has developed and organized itself over the last few decades, in line with the research being carried out for the master's thesis. The delimitation of the research topic is based on four pillars, comprising assessment, neoliberalism, the São Paulo Curriculum and Foucauldian theory with a focus on the second domain of being-power. The methodology to be used for the study will be genealogy, theoretically based on Michel Foucault. It is hoped that as a result of the research we will be able to deepen the analysis of the possible trends of neoliberalism in the pedagogical and conceptual conceptions of educational assessment in the State of São Paulo, through the Currículo Paulista, the legal basis, and discuss the perspective in which this influence stimulates the educational field focused on emphasizing results.

Keywords: school assessment; neoliberalismo; foucauldian theory; power relations; São Paulo curriculum.