The article presents a mapping and analysis of the literature on institutional evaluation published in the journal Studies in Educational Evaluation of the Carlos Chagas Foundation (FCC) from 1990 to 2013. The survey aimed to analyze how it is treated the relationship between quality improvement and when discussing the institutional assessment. In order to achieve the proposed objectives we carried out a literature review on the magazine's Web site available on the FCC website. In the survey were selected a total of 23 articles of a total of 42 works found from within the analysis. The results show a predominance of articles dealing with institutional evaluation focusing on higher education. Another finding is the predominance of articles from institutions located in the southeastern region of the country, especially the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and the FCC. Of the 27 authors who had their productions selected three authors published more than one item. It is also observed that the interest in the analyzed issue occurred after 2000, when it concentrates most of the selected production. On the concepts of quality and improvement, the authors associate with the fulfillment of the social function of the institution. In this sense the institutional assessment appears as a means to have an institutional diagnosis, in order to provide subsidies to think that generating actions for improvement.
Key words:
Institutional assessment; Studies in educational Evaluation; Quality and improvement