O uso das avaliações escritas de Matemática no 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental em escolas públicas do Gama-DF

The research developed in this work is of the quantitative, applied, exploratory and fieldwork type. It aims to gather information concerning the use of written assessments during the 9th grade of the elementary school, to start an analysis of the possible causes for the apparent “slowdown” in the math’s learning process observed through the Prova Brasil. Therefore, data were collected with teachers and 9th grade’s students of public schools across the urban and rural districts of Gama – DF. For this research, 7 teachers and 91 students have contributed, by answering questionnaires. The data obtained from these questionnaires were then statistically organized. Furthermore, among the 6 school assessments utilized in the year of 2014 and provided by the teachers to the researcher, some points were analyzed. The gathering of the data occurred in 10 of the 16 public schools linked to the Gama’s Regional Education Coordination, which offer the 9th grade, wherein 8 of which are located in the urban area and 2 are located in the rural area of Gama – DF. The results point to a need for reflection and preparation of the teachers concerning the process of development of written assessments, since it still is possible to identify inadequacies in the evaluation tools which are being used. It compromises the teacher’s understanding about the learning progress of their students based on the results of the tests. Also, the research has revealed that there is still an “abyss” between the written tests being used in public schools and the Prova Brasil, thus suggesting immediate actions to be taken aiming the appropriate development and usage of the written assessment as a means to regulate the learning process.