Title: Students' performance in the public education in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Authors: Cláudia Souza Passador; João Luiz Passador; Julio Araujo Carneiro-da-Cunha

Addresses: Department of Management, School of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FEA-RP/USP), Av. dos Bandeirantes, 3900, Cidade Universitária, Ribeirão Preto 14040-900, Brazil ' Department of Management, School of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FEA-RP/USP), Av. dos Bandeirantes, 3900, Cidade Universitária, Ribeirão Preto 14040-900, Brazil ' Department of Management, Nove de Julho University (UNINOVE), Av. Francisco Matarazzo, 612, Água Branca, São Paulo 05001-100, Brazil

Abstract: This study analyses the variation of student performance and the way in which some factors affect student performance in the 8th grade of public education in the state of São Paulo. A regression analysis with the Hierarchical Database Model method on data from Prova Brasil and the School Census was performed. According to the results obtained, the variables which appeared to be associated with student performance were previous failure, initiation of studies in early childhood education, and level of parental education. Regarding schools, significant variables included school meals and average socio-economic status of the students; moreover, for teachers the variables included training, experience, working exclusively for one school, and correcting students' homework.

Keywords: elementary schools; student performance; public education; elementary education; Brazil; previous failure; early childhood education; parental education; school meals; socio-economic status; teacher training; teacher experience; homework correction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2017.083356

International Journal of Management in Education, 2017 Vol.11 No.2, pp.188 - 205

Received: 21 Aug 2015
Accepted: 23 May 2016
Published online: 24 Mar 2017 *

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