The national certification exams for youth and adults in the public educational policy in Brasil, Chile and Mexico

Abstract

This research paper has as its main goal, the understanding, from a comparative framework, the public policies on knowledge certification of young adults and adults through national standardized testing services, applied in Brazil, Chile and México. The present study takes into consideration the insertion of international governance policies. Choosing these three countries and their standardized tests (National certification Conclusão da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (Encceja) in Brazil, Chilecalifica in Chile and the system of standardized tests for young adults and adults, organized by Instituto Nacional para la Educación de los Adultos (INEA)) as the subjects of this research paper, it is justified because, in all these countries, knowledge certification tests are applied to potential, huge contingents of young adults and adults that did not finish their basic education. In the countries mention above certain difficulties, such as increasing the certification of young adults and adults´ basic educational certifications and the fulfillment of international agreements or accomplishment of their local developmental plans were observed.