Starting from the presupposition that the economic result is the best efficiency measure for any kind of entity, this paper seeks to approach the problem about the evaluation of federal education institutions from the perspective of the economic management model, highlighting the conceptual and operational advantages of establishing an evaluation criterion in accordance with economic results. On the basis of the performance evaluation analysis realized by some scholars in higher education institutions, we describe some of the main deficiencies of the current evaluation models adopted by the government, mainly because they do not allow for the identification of the real contributions generated by these institutions in terms of social benefits that can be expressed as an economic value. We present an operational model for determining the economic result for this kind of entity, as well as an operational information model, highlighting the budgetary process and demonstrating its importance when generating information on the previewed and actual results, as a way of helping the management process, as well as when implementing corrective actions by managers for them to be able to optimize the results of their managerial actions, in search of the best economic result for the federal higher education institutions.
Performance Evaluation; Economic Management; Economic Result; Institutional Evaluation
