Missão Escola Pública reported that teachers responsible for grading national exams are being asked to assign grades to incomplete answers if missing sheets are not submitted before the process concludes.
Problems in Exam Grading
Four days before the conclusion of the secondary education national exam grading, reports persist regarding the absence of answer sheets and a constant increase in items to be corrected. Cristina Mota, spokesperson for Missão Escola Pública, pointed out a new complaint of a 'very serious' nature.
In forums used by grading teachers to clarify doubts about test correction, supervisors are reportedly instructing educators to score answers even without receiving all the missing pages. In one such forum, a supervisor stated: 'You must wait for them to send you the missing page. If this does not happen by the end of the process, you must grade with the data you have.'
Teachers' Concerns
Professor Cristina Mota clarified that this guidance was given to one teacher, but it is public in nature and aims to prevent the repetition of doubts. She emphasized that 'the absence of continuation sheets is the most reported problem by teachers,' observing that while some have already received these sheets, others remain without them and are advised to grade with the available material if the final deadline is reached without the continuation.
Missão Escola Pública has registered 'several reported cases' across various subjects. According to Cristina Mota, the objective is to ensure that 'on the 17th, grade sheets are posted at any cost,' although she lamented that 'I do not doubt we will have grade sheets, the problem will be the quality of the work.'
Workload and Uncertainties
Lusa questioned the Ministry of Education about the situation, awaiting a response. Another issue raised is the accumulation of work just before the release of grades. Cristina Mota revealed that the National Exam Jury, through the school groups, announced a new intervention between today and Saturday for item distribution, warning of the possibility of more materials emerging.
This dynamic prevents teachers from planning their work because they do not know if they will have more tasks on Monday, which makes the time necessary for reviewing and correcting questions in the final days unfeasible. MetaProf also continues to receive reports from teachers indicating that 'the problems are not resolved.'
Pedro Brito, spokesperson for the teachers' platform, mentioned that there is much uncertainty because the weekend should be for rest, but the ministry expects two days of intense work. The central complaints include the increase in items for correction: 'The teacher receives a batch of answers to grade and evaluates them; when that process ends, they receive a new batch.'
The platform counts 206 reports from teachers who reported receiving more items, resulting in an average increase of 114.9% in answers to be corrected. Furthermore, there are reports of 'serious failures in the continuation of answer sheets.' The Minister of Education had informed on Thursday that over 75% of the tests were already graded and expressed confidence in posting the grade sheets on the 17th.
