Public education policies: equity and educational success

Abstract

The article analyzes the evolution of the concept of equity and its implications onthe education public policies agenda. It analyzes also the relationship of equity ineducation with school results namely two indicators of school access and achievement.In this context we study the evolution of those in the Portuguese schoolsystem, over the past 50 years, and concluded by the progression of equity conditions,expressed in the continued improvement of the two indicators, albeit moreconsistent in school access than in school achievement.