Resumo:Discute a responsabilização da governança pública versus privada com base em estudo comparativo entre a avaliação para fins de taxação das atividades da OCDE PISA (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - Program for International Student Assessment) - pública - e da IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) - privada -, no campo da educação.

Sumário:Private and public governance in the field of education -- Multilevel education assessments as governance by information -- Governance by information : governance by creating accountability -- Examples : Multilevel education assessments by public and private institutions - a) The OECD PISA policy - b) The assessment activities of the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) -- Governance by information as an exercise of public authority -- The accountability of governance by information: private vs. public law frameworks -- Accountability as a factor for legitimacy -- Accountability mechanisms at work in PISA and IEA assessments : a) Hierarchical accountability - b) Supervisory accountability - c) Fiscal accountability - d) Legal accountability - e) Market accountability - f) Peer accountability - g) Public reputational accountability : the question of transparency -- Evaluation -- The accountability of public and private forms of governance : perspectives for global administrative law.