IAVE
Published 5 November 2026, 15:07
IAVE — Instituto de Avaliação Educativa, I. P. (institute for educational assessment)
The state institute that designs, checks and reviews school exams: national exams for basic and secondary education, assessment tests, marking criteria and training for teacher-examiners. It has existed since 2013; before that, the job was done by GAVE. It also prepares the exams for Portuguese citizenship and runs Portugal's participation in international studies such as PISA.
Where you come across it. Year 9 and Year 12 exams, university entry, the language exam for citizenship.
The institute is being replaced: its work is passing to the new EduQA, I. P.; the iave.pt website is still open as an archive of past papers, and new material is posted on eduqa.pt. University entrance exams (provas de ingresso) and the rules of the admissions round are a matter for DGES, not IAVE.
Official website: iave.pt