Between one and two dozen schools failed to pass the assessment test.

Between “one and two dozen schools” failed the assessment test on Tuesday, the education minister said Wednesday, who believes that’s a “residual” number given the 13,000 students they made.

On the first day schools could take the information and communication technology (ICT) digital assessment test, João Costa said there were “one to two dozen” schools that failed to pass it. a very residual situation as the test was administered in about 200 schools.

João Costa explained that schools have ten days to administer this first digital test and that, according to the National Jury of Examinations (JNE), “until mid-morning today, about 13 thousand ICT tests of students, i.e. 16 % of the total.

Approximately 80,000 8th graders can take the assessment test before May 26, and therefore the minister believes that 13,000 are “even more than expected, because usually when there are ten days, there is a tendency to go until the last days.” .

On the first day of the assessment test, there were reports of various problems, such as difficulties accessing the platform, which led to its delay, but the Ministry of Education clarified that it is not yet possible to provide specific reasons for not passing it. In addition to possible technical problems, this test may have been affected by the teachers’ strike.

Only at the end of the month, when the deadline for taking the ICT test ends, will the ministry have a summary of the tests taken and the reasons why some students did not pass it.

“This is the first year of digital technologies, and I am sure that in the future we will have much more prepared schools,” Joao Costa emphasized, however, given that “the process is going well, as expected.”

“The cases are absolutely residual compared to the many schools he has already run. There has always been, even when there are tests (on paper), an open line with JNE to solve problems that arise with tests and there are more than many,” the minister added, giving examples of cases such as “a student who ran out of a pen, a student who did not bring a citizen card or who has a stomach ache in the middle of the test and it is necessary to decide whether he can leave the room.

Joao Costa recalled that a “radical transformation” is underway, and therefore “random situations are normal”, which can be corrected, since there are more days left before the test.

Last Friday, IT educators criticized the fact that the instruction to conduct benchmarking tests came a few days before the start of the “season” of digital tests and required the installation of an application.

However, the president of the Institute for Educational Evaluation (IAVE) explained that the assessment test application was submitted last week for security reasons, as it is a simple application that “even students can install.”

In addition, the IAVE president added, schools can install “very gradually,” not least because schools have been given ten days to schedule an ICT test.

The application allows you to install it on students’ computers so that they cannot leave the test before it is completed or access other pages, which is necessary “to ensure safety and fairness among students.”

The plan for the dematerialization of national tests and exams ends in 2025, when all national tests will be conducted digitally.

This year, more than 250,000 2nd, 5th and 8th year students will be taking assessment tests digitally, in line with a plan that sees 9th year tests next year and after national exams 11th and 12th years.