Implementation study contributions to education policy analysis: a brief discussion of the context of BNCC implementation

ABSTRACT By turning to contributions from the fields of Political Science and Public Administration, the present article aims to conduct a brief review on implementation studies, originally divided into two contrasting schools. It also discusses Matland’s (1995) synthesizing model developed in the 1990s to reconcile such approaches, by articulating two important attributes by which policies are differentiated. Finally, it investigates how levels of conflict/ambiguity have varied in recent education policies, especially those focused on curriculum standards, such as the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais - PCNs [National Curricular Parameters] and Base Nacional Comum Curricular - BNCC [Common National Curricular Base].