Literature tries to establish the relationship between public policies and research, but ¿What models are presented for your analysis?, ¿is the research taken into account as the basis for the policies?, ¿what importance do the interest groups and the decision-makers give to research?, ¿what factors impede the realization of this relationship?, ¿what challenges do policy analysts, specialists and authorities face in the construction of this relationship and its implementation?. This article aims at highlighting some important elements of such a relationship from the review of the literature. In it, the divorce between research and education policies is confirmed. At the same time, we include elements which analysis can contribute to the rapprochement between them.