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Critical Perspectives on PISA as a Means of Global Governance: Risks, Limitations, and Humanistic Alternatives. Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
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Teodoro, António, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2022
This volume offers a critical examination of the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), focusing on its origins and implementation, relationship to other international large-scale assessments, and its impacts on educational policy and reform at national and cross-national levels. Using empirical data gathered from a research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Why Context Matters: A Comparative Perspective on Education Reform and Policy Implementation
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Harris, Alma; Jones, Michelle – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2018
This article explores the significance of context within the process of contemporary education reform and policy-making. It draws upon evidence from a comparative study of educational change and transformation in seven education systems: Australia, England, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Russia, and Singapore. The article focuses on school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Context Effect, Educational Change
The Appeal of PISA for Development in Ecuador and Paraguay: Theorising and Applying the Global Ritual of Belonging
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Addey, Camilla – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper seeks to further conceptualise participation in International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) as a global ritual of belonging and apply it to understand the appeal of PISA for Development (PISA-D) in Ecuador and Paraguay. The paper develops the theoretical underpinnings of the global ritual of belonging through policy borrowing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
High-Performing Education Systems in Asia: Leadership Art Meets Implementation Science
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Harris, Alma; Jones, Michelle S.; Adams, Donnie; Perera, Corinne Jacqueline; Sharma, Sailesh – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
This article looks at high-performing education systems in Asia through the lens of leadership and leadership development. It proposes that the top-performing education systems systematically build the leadership capacity for improvement and that this is part of an implementation science geared to maximizing performance. Drawing upon initial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Training
Possibilities for an International Assessment in Geography
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Lane, Rod; Bourke, Terri – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2017
A recent editorial in International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education (IRGEE) highlighted an opportunity for the inclusion of geography as a subject in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) tests. At present, TIMSS tests only encompass mathematics and physical sciences. The IRGEE editors encouraged…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Geography Instruction, Educational Opportunities, Research Projects