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GOMES, Alfredo Macedo. Exame nacional de cursos e política de regulação estatal do ensino superior. Cad. Pesqui. [online]. 2003, n.120, pp.129-149. ISSN 0100-1574.

This work analyses the assessment policy for higher education formulated by the Ministry of Education and Culture - MEC - in the Paulo Renato Sousa's term, with especial reference to the National Examination of Courses. The following policy aspects are treated in this article: 1. principles, aims, and methodological features of the Cardoso government assessment policy; 2. the context of the policy's formulation and implementation, and the role played by it in Brasilian higher education system; 3. the assessment as the MEC’s core policy instrument of co-ordination and controlling; and 4.strategic relations between this policy and the logic of state regulation.

Palavras-chave : Education Policies; Assessment; Public Policies; Higher Education.

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