Santos, Fernanda Julyanna Silva dosSampaio, Raquel Menezes BezerraSampaio, Luciano Menezes Bezerra2020-12-072020-12-072016-04SANTOS, F. J. S.; SAMPAIO, R. M. B.; SAMPAIO, L. M. B.. Eleição nas escolas: uma análise do impacto do diretor eleito sobre o desempenho educacional no estado da Bahia. Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico (Rio de Janeiro), v. 46, p. 177, 2016. Disponível em: https://ppe.ipea.gov.br/index.php/ppe/article/viewFile/1557/1222 Acesso em: 24 nov. 2020.2237-20910100-0551https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/30880The main goal of this paper is to analyze the school’s principal’s election on the students’ proficiency levels. We compare the school’s proficiency between state and city schools in Bahia, where a selection by election was implemented only in city schools (the control group), after 2008. The databases used are Prova Brasil 2007 (before the change), 2009 and 2011. Our results shows that in general there were no gains on mean proficiency levels both in Mathematics and in Portuguese exams due to principals' elections, and, when this effect was significant it was negative – only for Mathmatics in the difference-in-difference model for the 2007-2011 period. We also documented a reduction in attainment and dropout ratesSeleção de diretoresDesempenho escolarDiferença em diferençasarticle