Scale to Evaluate Democratic School Management With the Use of Item Response Theory

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Abstract

This article presents the process of constructing a scale to evaluate the level of effectiveness of democratic school management at the state schools of Santa Catarina, using Item Response Theory (IRT). The results showed that IRT is a possible and efficient tool in this evaluation process, since the constructed scale allows identifying the potentialities and fragilities of school management, from a democratic perspective, and it also serves as a tool for the planning and management of public policies aiming at its improvement and, consequently, the promotion of education with social quality.

Authors

• Maristelee Barbosa de Oliveira, Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Santa Catarina

• Silvana Ligia Vincenzi Bortolotti, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

• Lizandra da Silva Menegon, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

• Dalton F. Andrade, Federal University of Santa Catarina

• Adriano F. Borgatto, Federal University of Santa Catarina