Guilherme Lichand

Guilherme Lichand is a Brazilian professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education, specializing in educational data analysis. His research focuses on the intersection of data science and education policy, particularly in evaluating literacy and educational outcomes in Brazil. Recently, he has been vocal about the discrepancies in literacy rates reported by the Ministry of Education, highlighting significant differences between the assessments from the Sistema de Avaliação da Educação Básica (Saeb) and the Criança Alfabetizada program, raising concerns about the reliability of these metrics for shaping educational policy.