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Conclusions from PISA and TIMSS Testing
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Tienken, Christopher H. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2013
Secretary of Education Duncan (2010) lamented the state of U.S. education in 2010 after the release of the results from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). He wrote: "Unfortunately, the 2009 PISA results show that American students are poorly prepared to compete in today's knowledge economy. President Obama has…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
The Role of Students in Data Use: Commentary on Coburn and Turner's "Research on Data Use: A Framework and Analysis"
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Hamilton, Laura S. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
Cynthia Coburn and Erica Turner have made an important contribution by developing a framework to synthesize the various strands of research and theory related to data use in schools. The framework illustrates the complexity of the pathways between the adoption of a data-use intervention and the attainment of desired outcomes, and it clarifies the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, Educational Environment, Educational Experience
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Having Useful Data Is Everything
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Rose, L. Todd; Fischer, Kurt W. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The focus article by Coburn and Turner (this issue) seeks to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding data use in the context of data-use interventions. This commentary focuses on what the authors see as a glaring omission in what is otherwise a valuable framework: the issue of "useful data." It is their contention that the usefulness…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation: Flawed Comparisons Lead to Overstated Conclusions
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Ritter, Gary; Jensen, Nathan; Kisida, Brian; McGee, Joshua – Education Next, 2010
In January 2010, the UCLA-based Civil Rights Project (CRP) released "Choice without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards." The study intended to report on, among other things, levels of racial segregation in charter schools across the United States. The authors use 2007-08 data from the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Racial Composition
Tooley, Dixon and Gomathi on Private Education in Hyderabad: A Reply
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Sarangapani, Padma M.; Winch, Christopher – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
Tooley, Dixon and Gomathi maintain that private unrecognised unaided schools in Hyderabad, India, catering for children of the poor, provide a better level of education than do their government counterparts. We examine this contention and argue first that Tooley et al.'s conceptualisation of education and its benefits is flawed and second that the…
Descriptors: Private Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Educational Assessment
RAND's Rose-Colored Glasses: How RAND's Report on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology Gets It Wrong
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Ezell, Stephen J.; Atkinson, Robert D. – Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2008
In recent years a number of reports have raised alarm over the deteriorating state of U.S. science and technology (S&T) competitiveness. But a recent report by the RAND Corporation, "U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology," argues that the U.S. continues to lead the world. RAND's report has been interpreted to suggest that the "clarion…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Competition, Reader Response