Evaluation policies and accountability in education – Subsidies for an Ibero‑American debate

Abstract

This text is developed around three essential aspects: a concise presentation and discussion of the concept of accountability and associated concepts; a debate on the application and transposition from the theoretical‑conceptual ideas to a set of legal regulations, which are relatively recent to education in Portugal; and finally, a brief look at the problem of accountability backed up by debates and work focusing on the educational reality of some Latin American countries.