This study aims to map the development, thematic patterns, and conceptual relationships in research on education management, teacher performance, and curriculum evaluation in Indonesia using a systematic literature review approach. The study applied a PRISMA-based design to select relevant open-access journal articles from the Scopus database, resulting in twelve studies included for analysis. Data were analyzed through thematic and relational synthesis to identify topic distribution, inter-variable relationships, and research trajectories. The results show that Indonesian education literature concentrates on educational governance, teacher professionalism, and data-driven curriculum evaluation across contexts such as Islamic education, the Merdeka Curriculum, inclusive education, and disaster risk reduction. The most consistent relationship forms a systemic chain between management, curriculum evaluation, and teacher performance. Furthermore, the evolution of research indicates a shift from normative approaches toward performance-oriented, accountable, and evidence-based educational governance. The study concludes that education research in Indonesia, within the analyzed corpus, is moving toward a paradigm of education as a managed and continuously evaluated system, providing a structured map of research trends to support future studies and policy development.