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Evidence-Based Decision Making or a Tunnel Vision Effect? TIMSS, Problem Definition and Policy Change in Israeli Mathematics Education
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Feniger, Yariv – Critical Studies in Education, 2020
This study examines the influence of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 results on mathematics education policy in Israel. Analyzing various documents, the study shows how these results transformed policymakers' discourse regarding mathematics education. In order to achieve improvement in Israel's ranking, the…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Achievement Tests
The Ability-Track Glass Ceiling of Israeli Schooling: Lessons from a Comparative Analysis of Israeli and Australian PISA 2012 Data
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Razer, Michal; Mittelberg, David; Ayalon, Snait – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
Israeli students ranked in the bottom third of the countries surveyed by PISA 2012 in mathematical literacy, while the gap between the highest and lowest scores was the second largest in the OECD. This paper explores which variables led to disparities in mathematical literacy between different socioeconomic levels and between Israeli Arabs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Israel: Education, Training and Employment Developments 2016
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European Training Foundation, 2017
This report provides an overview of key policy developments in education, training, and employment in Israel. The paper contains sections that review the country's key demographic and economic characteristics; education and training trends, challenges, policy, and institutional setting; and labour market and employment trends, challenges, policy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
School Principals' Agency as Reflected by Extracurricular Activities in the Israeli Education System
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Yemini, Miri; Addi-Raccah, Audrey – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2013
This study examines the nature and extent of extracurricular activities in the Palestinian Arab, Jewish Religious and Jewish Secular educational sectors (Israeli education system also includes the Ultra-Orthodox sector with its own management, monitoring and governance apparatus.) in Israel, in order to characterise the contextual variables that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Extracurricular Activities, Arabs
PISA Assessment: The Problematic Issue of Administrating PISA Science Literacy Survey to Ultra-Orthodox Pupils in Israel, 2006
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Zamir, Sara; Sabo, Helena – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
The aim of the present article is to point out the problematic issue of administrating PISA science literacy exam to the ultra-orthodox schools in Israel. It has been assumed that some texts included in the test may offend the feelings of the ultra-orthodox population or may contradict Orthodox upbringing and therefore constitute a cultural bias.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Judaism, Culture Fair Tests
Status of Science and Technology Education at Arab High Schools in Israel
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Huleihil, Mahmoud; Huleihil, Huriya – Athens Journal of Education, 2016
In this study, we provide a review of the status of science and technology education. It addresses the achievements of students in Israel who attend high schools with student bodies that are primarily Arabic speaking. It is generally recognized that the achievements of the Israeli students in international examinations are relatively low. When…
Descriptors: High Schools, Arabs, Semitic Languages, Low Achievement