Abstract

BRACHO GONZALEZ, Teresa. The Role of Values in the Evaluation of Policies for Complex Educational Systems. RMIE [online]. 2011, vol.16, n.50, pp.853-883. ISSN 1405-6666.

This article proposes the development of a value-based perspective of evaluation in order to improve opinions on the results of public action in highly complex contexts of governmental implementation. The discussion is centered on the scope and difficulties of using the Logical Framework Approach and indicator matrices, based on a review of forty evaluations of federal educational programs. Two perspectives of study are viewed: the levels of analysis of the Fischer policies, and a focus on complex systems based on Morell and Williams and Hummelbrunner. The second conception permits emphasizing the relevance of the agents involved in a program or policy, operation in changing contexts, and the influence of measures foreign to the methodology's criteria.

Keywords : evaluation of programs; public policies; methodologies; values and educational policy; Mexico.