Contributo para a história da avaliação educacional em Portugal: os anos 70

Abstract

Thirty years ago, educational evaluation was almost unknown in Portugal. Today evaluation is subject to a major debate, and it would probably maintain that feature. This paper aims to point out several less known facts about the beginnings of educational evaluation in Portugal, as the first chapter of a Portuguese history of evaluation. The author assumes himself as an eyewitness and an actor in most of those facts. The paper covers the period between 1960 and 1980, stressing the influence of the international organizations and the turmoil of the Carnation revolution (the 25th April 1974).