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Damgaard, Mette Trier; Nielsen, Helena Skyt – European Commission, 2017
Globalisation and rapid technological progress have increased the focus on efficient investment in high-quality skills across the European Union (EU) countries. One issue that is high on the political agenda is the persistent underachievement among youths in many European countries meaning that approximately 20 percent of Europe's 15 year olds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Pongratz, Ludwig A. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2006
This paper takes the vigorous political debate unleashed in Germany by the results of the PISA study as a stimulus to take a closer look at the strategic aims and effects of the current education reforms, of which the PISA study is only one example. It shows that the reform measures underpin a powerful process of normalisation. In this context,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Educational Change, Power Structure