EVALUATION IN EDUCATION: THEORETICAL ESSAY

Abstract

Evaluation in education represents one of the pillars for understanding student development and the improvement of educational systems, serving as a basis for political, pedagogical and social decisions. In a context of constant changes and complexities, it is essential to rethink evaluation practices so that they promote not only the diagnosis of teaching and learning conditions, as the final point of the process in a summation score, but also encourage the development of inclusive, effective and transformative policies. Evaluation should be seen as a reflective and dynamic tool, going beyond quantitative judgment to contribute to a qualitative analysis of educational processes and their impacts on the education of students and society in general. This study, in the form of a theoretical essay, intends to discuss evaluation as an instrument capable of promoting equity, inclusion and educational quality, allowing the educational system to approach a truly humanizing and transformative education.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.038-004