Since 1990, Brazil has developed many different strategies to evaluate higher education, beginning with public institutions. In 1994, the Program of Institutional Evaluation of Brazilian Universities - PAIUB, was created by the Higher Education Institutions - IES, aiming at developing an institutional evaluation process. In 1996, the Provão was introduced, followed by other evaluation mechanisms with the objective of leveling the IES in terms of quality which, in fact, did not happen. This paper brings these experiences back and adds subsidies about the building up and implementation of the Brazilian National Higher Education Evaluation System - SINAES, sanctioned by law in 2004, discussing the challenges and perspectives arising out of its implementation.
Evaluation of higher education; Institutional evaluation; Higher education; Educational policies