The article analyzes the emphasis and trends of the published texts in the Ensaio Journal: Evaluation and Public policies in education, with reference to the evaluation policies for higher education. It reconstructs the Brazilian scenery of evaluation in the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) (1995-1998 / 1999-2002) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2006 / 2007-2010). It relates the articles themes with each historical period and points out the concepts of evaluation in those analysis, It concludes with reflections about the importance of the Journal, as a space/tool of educational evaluation studies socialization , especially in higher education, remarking that the published texts include the idea of evaluation as achievement and evaluation associated with the quality of education.
Higher Education; Evaluation; Ensaio Journal; FHC; Lula da Silva