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UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight, 2024
Education plays a pivotal role in Zambia's vision of achieving prosperity as a middle-income nation by 2030. The Government is committed to delivering high-quality, relevant education and lifelong skills for all children. Despite progress in reading and mathematics scores, learning outcomes in Zambia remain low. Regional disparities within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment
Department for Education, 2011
To support the review of the National Curriculum, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned by the Department for Education in the spring of 2011 to produce a report detailing curricular arrangements in a number of high-performing educational jurisdictions. The principal source of information for this report has been…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Research Reports, Foreign Countries
Miron, Gary; Urschel, Jessica – Education Policy Research Unit, 2009
This is the second "Profiles" report to examine nonprofit education management organizations (EMOs). This report is modeled after the 11 annual "Profiles" that cover for-profit EMOs. While the number of schools operated by for-profit EMOs grew rapidly in the 1990s and is now leveling off, the number of schools operated by nonprofit EMOs has been…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Profiles, Nonprofit Organizations, State Surveys
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Gonzales, Patrick; Williams, Trevor; Jocelyn, Leslie; Roey, Stephen; Kastberg, David; Brenwald, Summer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
The 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the fourth administration since 1995 of this international comparison. Developed and implemented at the international level by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)--an international organization of national research institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 4
Ranguelov, Stanislav; de Coster, Isabelle; Forsthuber, Bernadette; Noorani, Sogol; Ruffio, Philippe – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This seventh edition of "Key Data on Education in Europe" retains its main special feature which is the combination of statistical data and qualitative information to describe the organisation and functioning of education systems in Europe. The present 2009 edition maintains the subject-based structure defined by the previous one but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Comparative Education, Systems Analysis
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2001
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for the nation's 1,151 two-year, degree-granting institutions and their 10 million students. AACC promoted the causes of its members through: (1) Policy Initiatives; (2) Advocacy; (3) Research and information; (4) Education Services; and (5) Coordinating.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Organizations (Groups), Advocacy, Educational Policy
Frankel, Joanne; And Others – 1979
The American Registry of Research and Research-Related Organizations in Education (ARROE) was compiled to identify those organizations engaged in efforts to improve education through research, development, dissemination, evaluation, and policy study activities. The organizations were contracted between 1976 and 1978, and were selected because they…
Descriptors: Colleges, Directories, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Hurley, Dan, Ed.; Thorp, Jim, Ed. – 2002
The attitudes and career plans of high school juniors and seniors were examined in a telephone survey of 809 U.S. high school juniors and seniors (sampling error, +/-3.5%). The respondents ranged in age from 14 to 20 years and were evenly divided between males and females. The key conclusions were as follows: (1) students perceive a lack of career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance