Evaluation became a central element in higher education policy in Brazil, first in 1996 with ENC-Provão and, then, in 2004, with SINAES. Despite the influences of international models, the two main conceptions adopted (the formative and the regulatory evaluation) were outlined by the academics who participated in government commissions at the Ministry of Education, during 80's and 90's. In this paper, these two concepts and some of their implications in current policies are analyzed. The official documents "Evaluation Program of the University Reform" (1983); "A New Policy for the Brazilian Higher Education" (1985); "Report of the Executive Group for Higher Education Revision" (1986) and "Institutional Evaluation Program of the Brazilian Universities" (1993.) are considered.
Higher education evaluation; History of higher education evaluation; PARU; CNRES; PAIUB
