Isabel José Fialho is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Education at the School of Social Sciences at the University of Évora. She holds a degree in Biology and Geology teaching and completed her PhD in Education in 2006 at the University of Évora. She taught primary and secondary education for four years. In 1991, she joined the University of Évora as an Assistant Trainee, always involved in the initial and continuing training of educators and teachers. She has held management positions related to the Department of Pedagogy and Education (8 years as vice-president of the Direct board), and to the Center for Research in Education and Psychology at the University of Évora (CIEP-UE) (10 years as a member of the board), being responsible for coordinating theme 2 – Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Educational Technology, at CIEP-UE. She is currently director of the Master's Degree in Preschool Education and the Postgraduate Course in Educational Inspection. She is a member of the course committees for the Master's Degree in Educational Supervision and Assessment and the Master's Degrees in Biology and Geology Teaching, Physics and Chemistry Teaching, and Pre-school Education and Teaching in the 1st cycle of Basic Education. She has participated in national and international research projects in school evaluation, and learning assessment, including practices, academic success, collaborative learning, and educational technologies, with several communications and publications in these areas (articles in journals and book chapters). She also researches teacher training, pedagogical supervision, and science didactics. She has authored 55 book chapters and 5 books, organized 67 events, supervised 8 doctoral theses, and supervised 62 master's dissertations. She has participated as a researcher in 25 projects and as a Principal Researcher in 15 projects. She has carried out various community outreach activities (continuous teacher training action, school support and consultancy work, and evaluation studies). She coordinated evaluation studies for the Ministry of Education and public entities (municipalities, NGOs), participated in evaluation panels for FCT doctoral scholarships, and has been involved in consultancy work in São Tomé and Príncipe and Guinea-Bissau, in the areas of educational evaluation and inspection. She coordinates the School Self-Evaluation Support Program, within the scope of the Southern Education Observatory, and participates as an expert in national programs of the Ministry of Education: External Evaluation of Schools (since 2007) and Educational Territories of Priority Intervention (since 2015).