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Hepworth, Neal; Galvis, Maria; Gambhir, Geeta; Sizmur, Juliet – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2021
The Republic of Ireland has a history of high reading scores in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Analysis from PISA 2018 shows that although the country has many cultural similarities to the four UK nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), 15-year-old pupils in the Republic of Ireland achieved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
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Silver, Edward A.; Snider, Rachel B. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2014
Contemporary interest in STEM education is fueled, in part, by the poor performance of U.S. students on national and international assessments. According to a recent National Research Council (2011) report on STEM education in the United States, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) indicates that approximately 75% of U.S. 8th…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mathematics Achievement, Student Evaluation, Low Achievement
OECD Publishing, 2013
Effective teaching and teachers are key to producing high-performing students worldwide. So how can countries prepare teachers to face the diverse challenges in today's schools? The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) helps answer this question. TALIS asks teachers and schools about their working conditions and the learning…
Descriptors: Surveys, Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions, Work Environment
Mirici, I. Hakki – Online Submission, 2006
A new national curriculum in all subject areas is about to be introduced in elementary schools in Turkey. The new curriculum is based on a "Constructivist" approach. This discussion paper focuses on the new curriculum for English as a foreign language, noting that teachers need information about the philosophy of the new curriculum and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, National Curriculum