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Assessment in Geography through Geography Olympiads: Comparison of Results of the Czech National and International Geography Olympiads from 2015 to 2022
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Hana Svobodová; Petr Trahorsch – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
Geographical Olympiads are disciplinary competitions that can be a tool for assessing geographical knowledge and skills in different countries of the world. This article aims to analyse the results of the national and international geography Olympiads and to identify their conditionality and interrelationship. The secondary aim is to find out…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Methodological Challenges in International Comparative Post-Secondary Assessment Programs: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead
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Wolf, Raffaela; Zahner, Doris; Benjamin, Roger – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The assessment of student learning outcomes in the tertiary school sector has seen an increase in global popularity in recent years. Measurement instruments that target higher order skills are on the rise, whereas assessments that foster the recall of factual knowledge are declining. The Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, International Programs, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies
Expert Moves: International Comparative Testing and the Rise of Expertocracy
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Grek, Sotiria – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
Through a sociological analysis of the knowledge and actors that have become central to international assessments, the paper focuses on the processes that influence the production of shared narratives and agendas, adopting the position that their existence is not organic, but rather the product of undertakings that often fabricate and manage,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Expertise, Educational Policy, Governance
Coloniality and a Global Testing Regime in Higher Education: Unpacking the OECD's AHELO Initiative
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Shahjahan, Riyad A. – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is currently engaging in a worldwide feasibility study entitled International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). This feasibility study seeks to develop measures that would assess student learning outcomes that would be valid across different languages,…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, International Programs, Comparative Testing, Educational Policy
Mathematical and Scientific Literacy around the World
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Stacey, Kaye – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2010
PISA, the OECD's international program of assessment of reading, scientific and mathematical literacy, aims to assess the knowledge and skills that students have acquired at school and their ability to use them in everyday tasks and challenges. It also uses questionnaires to gather data on students' attitudes to learning and the conditions of…
Descriptors: International Education, Student Attitudes, International Programs, Scientific Literacy
Curriculum Coherence and National Control of Education: Issue or Non-Issue?
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Schmidt, William H.; Prawat, Richard S. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2006
Recent studies show that national control of K-12 curriculum yields important payoffs in terms of greater curricular coherence and, as a result, higher test performance on international tests such as those used in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. This paper examines the connection between national control of curriculum and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship, National Norms, Elementary School Curriculum