This dissertation analyses the experience of educational management in Tocantins, between 2000 and 2005. The purpose of this research is to find out the main characteristics and verify possible impacts in the educational indicators of the state. Through the period analyzed, the Education and Culture Secretariat of Tocantins had its work oriented into a strategic planning process, which was compromised with the professional qualification and the improvement of its educational indicators. Among the programs and actions implemented, the most important are: the Strategic Planning of the Secretary (PES); Shared Management Communitary School program; Continuing Formation of the Educational Managers (Progestão), the Continuing Formation of the Teachers; the -Zero Grade- Droup-out program and the selection process of the directors of educational units. The Tocantins educational management is analyzed through the literature review about this theme, the study from official documents, interviews with the management team of the secretariat and the analysis of the progression of the main educational indicators of the state: access, student flows (approval, failure, drop-out) and the performance of the students of primary and secondary school. The data analysis shows that there was an improvement in access and an improvement of the student flows, there was an increase in approved and a decrease in the drop-out rates, in the primary and in the secondary school. Finally, there was a significant improvement in the performance of the Tocantins students evaluated for the System of Evaluation of Basic Education (Saeb) in the 4th year of primary school and the 3rd year of secondary school both in Portuguese.