Abstract

The article suggests that there is an international agenda for education, promoted by the International Organizations, which promotes the expansion of evaluation systems of education quality. The study was conducted based on the analysis of both international and national documents that deal with external assessments in both Brazil's and Chile's educational systems. In particular, they analyzed the educational policy documents focused on the Basic Education Development's Index, in Brazil, and in the System of Education Quality Measurement, in Chile. The results of the analysis show evidence of a common ideological speech strategy between the International Organizations and the local political elites, which indicate the legitimacy and naturalization of the education quality measurement's systems, as well as, the political context that is inserted, removing from its textuality possible resistances and alternative speeches.