Alunos de escola de tempo integral apresentam melhores resultados escolares?: uma avaliação das escolas do município de Dourados/MS

Abstract

Education is improving in Brazil, but the results are still below the average observed in developed countries. This work aims to analyze, from the School Census data, the performance of public schools participating in the program More Education, federal program wants to propose the extension of the school day. It is intended to compare the schools participating in the program and schools not participating in the city of Dourados / MS. The methodology comprises a descriptive analysis and the mean difference test. Seeking to understand the reality of the participants of this program a field survey was carried out in some educational units, The results showed that schools participating in the program did not show an improvement in his approval ratings. But it is believed that the program is related to social benefits to students participating, among the main problems encountered was the lack of adequate infrastructure.