AVALIAÇÃO NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: O QUE E COMO AVALIAR?

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study sought to identify the evaluation concept mentioned in the Political-Pedagogical Project of an Early Childhood Education Center, of the Municipal Education System, in the interior of São Paulo. To this end, qualitative research with case study methodology was used to better understand what is evaluated and how preschool children are evaluated from three perspectives: the first regarding the concept of learning assessment. The second refers to evaluation activities (instruments) and the third how to evaluate children at this stage of basic education. The study found that assessment in early childhood education, although being a pedagogical activity covered by the National Early Childhood Education Policy and in legal and regulatory documents, was not mentioned in the Political-Pedagogical Project of the aforementioned early childhood education center. This allowed us to identify that both the Political-Pedagogical Project and the evaluation are not articulators of intentions, priorities and strategies for improving the quality of local education, especially in the individual development of the child.

Keywords: Assessment in early childhood education. Political-Pedagogical Project. Assessment modalities.