This article is about learning assessment for continuous progression system, and it analyzed 22 reports for master and doctorate levels over the period of 2000-2010. It is an academic review and the following information was obtained through the entire reading of texts: bibliographic reference, text structure, methodological procedures, objectives, theoretical framework, conclusions, abstract quality and debate contributions. It has been found that the referred reports did not mention the ones previously written on the same subject and there had been no contribution for news findings. It has been concluded that future work on this topic ought to talk about those aspects which have not yet been mentioned on the analyzed researches as follows: the establishment of relations between the data of empirical research and the broader context of Brazilian education and the improvement of the data analysis and interpretation. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that the research of the academic production review may bring valuable contributions for further studies.
Review of academic literature; Assessment; Continued progression
