Evaluation in basic education during the 1990s according to academic periodicals

Abstract

This article summarizes and discusses the main findings of a state of art regarding evaluation on brazilian basic school. It uses as sources articles published in ten of the main journals on education, examining the presuppositions and models for evaluation, empirical and documental studies about evaluation in the school and of the school as well as policies and programs evaluation on the field. It also analyses questions related to the introduction of assessment indicators in the country.