ABSTRACT
This article establishes a dialogue between the processes of large-scale evaluation and participatory institutional evaluation, based on the analysis of four evaluation models in the light of categories considered important within the emancipatory logic, seen as opposed to the managerial logic. We propose a form of analysis of evaluation models that, far from being guided by the quantitative/qualitative, external/internal dichotomies, pays particular attention to the logic behind them. Finally, we discuss the importance of choosing quality indicators aligned to decolonial epistemology that go in the opposite direction of some educational quality frameworks still marked by cultural and economic imperialism. Therefore, this is a counter-regulatory work that supports the reflection and action of education professionals, leaned on the living forces of the school, expressed by a negotiated quality pact and committed to achieving a socially just society.
Keywords
Large-scale external evaluation; Participatory institutional evaluation; Managerial education; Emancipatory education; Social quality