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PAIVA, Giovanni Silva. Avaliação do desempenho dos estudantes da educação superior: a questão da eqüidade e obrigatoriedade no Provão e Enade. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2008, vol.16, n.58, pp.31-45. ISSN 0104-4036.

The education quality issue in Brazil is emphasized by the Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education. The evaluation of higher education has been highlighted among the educational policies by the creation of periodic evaluations of institutions and higher education courses, which has started with the beginning of annual national examinations. The evaluation of the students' performance in Brazilian education is an evaluation method implemented since the mid-90. Initially, it was operated by the National Examination Course, and it was consisted of eight yearly exams during the period of 1996-2003, it was recast with the deployment of National Examination Performance of Students, which is part of the National System of Evaluation of the Higher Education, established by the Law no. 10.861/2004. The two evaluation experiences of academic performance are objects of thorough observation in this paper, based on the principles of equity and mandatory described in the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Palavras-chave : Higher Education; Evaluation of the Students’ Performance; Equity; Mandatory.

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