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Engel, Laura C.; Rutkowski, David – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
Much attention has been given to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and its effects in different education systems, including the United States. This paper begins to address a major gap in this literature by focusing on the costs of participation in PISA. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Jensen, Ben; Farmer, Joanna – Center for American Progress, 2013
Public-school students in the world's largest city, Shanghai, China, are academically outperforming their counterparts across the globe and becoming the talk and envy of education experts worldwide. Using an innovative partnering approach that matches successful schools with low-performing schools, Shanghai has valuable lessons to teach on turning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Turnaround, Educational Change, Public Schools