RURAL SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL AND THE NEED TO DEMOCRATIZE THE BASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT INDEX

This article is part of the research study performed in the South Region of Brazil, in a center in a network connected to the Observatory of Education. The study aimed to analyze, in rural schools, the aspects associated with the low Basic Education Development Index (IDEB - Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica). The main focus was the official data and the ten public schools with the lowest IDEB. What we socialized is the study performed by the center in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The theoretical-methodological approach is connected to the Dialectic Historical Materialism, with an Analysis of Content. The problems related to low IDEB are spelled out and analyzed by the rural schools and aspects to be considered in the evaluation of education by the IDEB are indicated. It was concluded that, although the schools do not take a position contrary to the IDEB, they point out the need for democratization.