O lugar do Sistema Mineiro de Avaliação da Educação Pública (Simave) na busca pela qualidade da educação no Brasil
The Mining System for Evaluation of Public Education (Simave), responsible for the development of integrated assessment of education in the state of Minas Gerais, emerges in the wake of implementation of regulatory policy of education in Brazil. This policy, in turn, is part of the reform movement of educational policies in the context of capitalist restructuring process. The purpose of this paper is to question its place in this system of evaluation in brazilian regulatory policy. With this objective, to weave accounts of its principles, goals and ways of operation. By analyzing historical and politically Simave, one may question its guidelines, based on the discussion of political and administrative reforms inLatin America. These reforms are linked to the entry of international organizations in the financing of national and local educational projects. The text points out the contradictions within the system and aspects of policy Simave subject to further discussion, such as the relationship between the principles underlying the system of assessment and prioritized strategies to improve the quality of education in Minas Gerais