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National Foundation for Educational Research, 2018
Each country's education system is intricate and unique, underpinned with different policies and priorities. International Large Scale Assessments (ILSAs) provide valuable insights into how a country's education system is performing. These studies gather in-depth contextual information about systems, schools, teachers and students; and explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Grade 4
Silova, Iveta – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
The essays in "Globalization on the Margins" explore the continuities and changes in Central Asian education development since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Reflecting on two decades of post-socialist transformations, they reveal that education systems in Central Asia responded to the rapidly changing political, economic, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Shortage, Active Learning
Duvall, Henry – Principal, 2001
Discusses five major obstacles facing urban school districts' efforts to provide students a world-class education: inadequate funding, large numbers of non-English-speaking students, wide gaps in academic achievement among student groups with various racial, ethnic, and language backgrounds, lack of stable leadership, and a shortage of teachers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
American School Board Journal, 1998
Lawrence Hardy's lead article details a year of diminished expectations, highlighting teacher shortages, failing teacher competency scores, 12th graders' dismal TIMSS scores, affirmative-action setbacks, and Milwaukee voucher triumphs. Kevin Bushweller probes school violence issues. Others discuss leadership trends, school-success indicators, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Affirmative Action, Educational Technology, Educational Trends