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NASCIMENTO, Raimundo Benedito do  y  MOTA, Francisco de Assis de Alencar. Educational Evaluation: theoretical considerations. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2004, vol.12, n.44, pp.810-830. ISSN 0104-4036.

Assessment of school learning and its practice is one of the most debated topics in education at the present time. This debate is very evident as a recurring theme at educational debates, in discussions among educators in teaching institutes. This is especially true since the advent of the Law Basic for Directives in Education in 1996. It is true that there has been a renewal of the concept of assessment in recent times due mainly to the many investigations carried out in this area. There has been a notable enrichment in the criteria for assessment giving good results in value judgments. However there is, little doubt that we have come a long way since the old concepts of assessment were used to judge the learning levels of students. It is of fundamental to understand the characteristics of continuous activities and not only results. On the other hand, assessment ought also to include the activities of the teacher: his program planning, the effectiveness of his resources, the influence of the environment and organizational practices. The assessment activity ought to go beyond 011 the study and not only show the end or result of the study but also identify the causes of the final result. In this environment of discussion one will surely find the way to improve teaching process. Considering the diversity involved, we propose to make this study, reexamining the works of renowned authors who have contributed to the history of assessment in an effort to bring to light important specific points of the theme.

Palabras clave : Education; Learning Assessment; Educational Planning.

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