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Wisconsin High Schools Learn from New PISA Test: International Comparison Drives Efforts to Improve
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Borsuk, Alan J. – Education Next, 2015
This article explores Kettle Moraine High School's experience of participating in the PISA-based test, known in the U.S. as the OECD Test for Schools. The high school is located on the western edge of Milwaukee. Starting with a trial run in 2012 that involved more than 100 U.S. schools, the OECD Test for Schools has been offered to individual…
Descriptors: High Schools, Comparative Testing, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis
Commentary on the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 Study
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Froese-Germain, Bernie – Canadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2011
This paper presents some of the major issues raised in Education International's preliminary analysis of the overall PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2009 study. Some of these issues are: (1) PISA has serious limitations. The study does not cover the full curriculum, focusing on a narrow set of subject areas, neglecting such…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation
A Comparison of the Academic Performance of College Bound High School Students in Regional vs. Community High Schools in Connecticut
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Cullen, Joseph Patrick – Current Issues in Education, 2010
Consolidated Regional High Schools (RHSs) have replaced traditional Community High Schools (CHSs) in many nonmetropolitan communities. Consolidation purports to offer cost savings that, in theory, enable nonmetropolitan districts to provide a wider array of instructional opportunities to their students. Nonetheless, critics argue that the benefits…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Bound Students, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis