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Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Albiser, Etienne; Wittenberg, Désirée; Zapata, Juliana; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2014
This policy profile on education in Spain is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectoral knowledge base, the series offers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "The High Cost of Low Educational Performance": New OECD Report Finds that 25 Point Increase in PISA Scores…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, International Programs, Student Evaluation, Economic Progress
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
Recalling a study about public attitudes toward schools in various countries, the author of this article asked Jouni Valijarvi of the University of Juvaskyla how Finns perceived their schools and whether PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results had any impact on their perceptions. Valijarvi was the senior author of The Finnish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attitudes, Dropout Rate, Academic Achievement