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Gove, Amber; Cvelich, Peter – RTI International, 2011
As necessary as reading is to the success of a child--and entire nations--many low-income countries overlook the fundamental duty of their school systems to produce readers. Galvanized by the Education For All (EFA) mission to provide universal access to primary education by 2015, donors and low-income countries have focused on scaling up inputs…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, International Education, Textbooks, Beginning Reading
Britton, Gwyneth; Lumpkin, Margaret – 1978
This booklet is comprised primarily of the summaries of computerized readability assessments of sample passages from each story or chapter in a reading textbook series for grades one through eight. Introductory chapters offer discussions of the computerized readability assessment program used, the various uses of readability information about a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability
San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools, Redwood City, CA. Educational Resources Center. – 1974
Short evaluations of all instructional materials (books, filmstrips, cassettes, kits) adopted by the State of California in 1974 are given in the fields of English, spelling/handwriting, and literature. Piloted reading materials were also evaluated. The evaluations were performed by two or more local elementary teachers or educators and are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Media, Elementary Education, English
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1984
This study describes the provision of elementary education in Papua New Guinea. Chapter One briefly discusses streams of primary education, hiring of teachers, education boards, and the ministry of education. Chapter Two describes the existing education system in terms of compulsory education, the structure of the education system, educational…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Ahmad, Qazi Kholiquzzaman – Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education, 2007
The main objective of the study is to gain an understanding on educational expenditure at primary and secondary levels in Bangladesh. In estimating educational expenditure by source, it has been sought to determine: (1) sources of financing of primary and secondary education; (2) rural-urban variation; (3) variation between boys and girls; (4)…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Budgets, Textbooks, Secondary Education
Bodenman, Paul S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
The Office of Education frequently receives requests for information regarding the educational developments in the Soviet Zone of Germany. This bulletin is issued by the Office of Education as another in its longstanding series of international education publications. Unlike most bulletins in this series that are based on firsthand interviews and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Administration, Technical Education, Educational Facilities