A brief overview of the production of items for quality assessment of higher education in 2019

Abstract

In this study, a brief analysis of the processes that involve the production of items produced for the test of the National Exam of Student Performance (ENADE) was carried out in the scope of the System for Evaluation of Higher Education (SINAES) whose purpose the evaluation of the quality of Higher Education in 2019. The objective was to analyze the processes of the production of items for this test taking into account their use for the National Bank of Items of Higher Education (BNI-ENADE), and to propose pedagogical measures that can bring improvements to these processes. It was performed a documental bibliographic research and a search for data, regarding the production of items for BNI-ENADE, made available by the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research (INEP). The results showed a percentage of use of items within normality and, furthermore, a positive percentage of efficiency of this bank of items for the courses assessed in this edition. On the other hand, the results also indicated weaknesses in the use of items for certain areas of knowledge. Thus, it was possible to point out possible interventions that can bring improvements to the process of items production for this bank of items