ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses alternative futures of quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) as expressed by Brazilian, Chinese, and Russian actors. Based on official policy documents and interview data, it investigates how national officials and experts see the future of QAE in their respective contexts and the future trends they perceive as preferable or undesirable. Our findings are set against the backdrop of the case countries’ socio-cultural history. The chapter also compares views expressed in interviews with a typology of archetypes of futures of societies and education. In addition to envisioned “new” futures, we find views on alternative futures which are rooted in domestic pedagogical traditions, including QAE practices, and which express a desire to retain what is seen as valuable in these traditions.
