O Programa Adventista de Avaliação da Educação Básica (PAAEB): uma análise no ensino fundamental brasileiro

The Adventist Basic Education Assessment Program (in Portuguese, PAAEB) is an external assessment of the Adventist Schools Network in Brazil. Based on the results of the 5th-grade Portuguese and Mathematics tests of the PAAEB applied in 2022 in the city of Brasília, Brazil, a pedagogical intervention plan was organized. To this end, a mixed-method action research approach was conducted, aiming to compare the students' performances in the 2022 assessment (pre-intervention) with the results of 2023 (post-intervention). A paired measures t-test was used to verify the significance of the differences between the performance averages on the two occasions. The results indicated a lower performance in the second application of the PAAEB test. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with two teachers participating in the project. The quantitative analysis infers the need to monitor and test the students throughout the academic year (5th grade). The qualitative analysis, additionally, revealed gains such as student and teacher engagement following the intervention.