Abstract
Recent education reforms in Colombia follow a global trend characterized both by curricular decentralization and privatization of education, as well as centralization processes through standardized tests. Diffusion theories suggest that this change has resulted from the global dissemination of New Public Management ideas replicated locally by policy makers. Through a comparative historical analysis, this study finds, however, that Colombia has not replicated foreign policy prescriptions, but translated them to accommodate local institutional practices. This translation is shaped by the influence of different interest groups associated with education policy, and specifically through their organizational capacity, their closeness to decision-making process, and the public impact of their power resources.
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