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Direct linkWahlström, Ninni; Nordin, Andreas – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
In this article, we explore the processes of transfer and translation of education policy in a study focusing on the relationship between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Sweden. The purpose of the study is to investigate how selective borrowing occurs both in terms of references to different types of knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Policy, International Organizations
Download full textYang, Wenjie; Fan, Guorui – ECNU Review of Education, 2019
Purpose: This study analyzes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data, revealing that the test itself reflects China's educational problems as well as the resultant effect of digital governance. Examining the root cause of these problems, this study demonstrates that the education reforms implemented in response to the PISA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Mullen, Carol A. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2020
Certain global leadership forces -- competitiveness, tolerance and creativity -- are so pervasive that they can be illustrated on the part of any country. However, nations also have unique dynamics to consider within our interconnected world. This is the overarching issue being expressed in this essay wherein the Carol Mullen deconstructs Canada's…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Prosocial Behavior, Creativity, Foreign Countries
Hopfenbeck, Therese N.; Görgen, Kristine – European Journal of Education, 2017
Using the PISA 2015 releases in Norway and England, this article explores how PISA has been presented in the media and how the policy level has responded to the results. England will be used as an example for comparison. The article presents early media responses from the 20 most circulated daily newspapers in the two countries and discusses them…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries
O'Doherty, Teresa – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2014
This paper explores the impact of significant OECD documents on the development of Irish education policy, specifically teacher education policy, over the last half century. While other commentators have argued that Irish education has been predominantly influenced by policy developments in the UK, US or Europe, this paper identifies the OECD as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Australian Council for Educational Research, 2018
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is one of the world's leading educational research centres. ACER's mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span. This annual report describes ACER's milestones and accomplishments for the 2016-2017…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annual Reports, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Kozma, Robert B. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2011
In support of the conclusions and recommendations in the National Education Technology Plan (NETP), this article makes explicit the connections between the economic rationale used in the plan and the educational transformations it recommends. The article reviews macroeconomic research, microeconomic research, labor market and workforce studies,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Technology Planning, Labor Market, Information Technology
Sahlberg, Pasi – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2011
The present article discusses the role and impact of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Finland. PISA has created a new geography of education policies and reforms by shifting global interest away from Anglo-Saxon education systems to Asian countries, as well as to Finland and Canada in the West. The article describes how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Educational Change, Annual Reports
Morris, Paul – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
Education reform is increasingly portrayed as a quest to achieve a "world class" education system through a process of identifying and adopting the practices of those systems whose pupils perform best in league tables of achievement. This is the rationale for the range of new policies proposed by the coalition government in the schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Evidence, Educational Change
Anderson, Kevin J. B. – Science Education, 2012
Assuming that quality science education plays a role in economic growth within a country, it becomes important to understand how education policy might influence science education teaching and learning. This integrative research review draws on Cooper's methodology (Cooper, 1982; Cooper & Hedges, 2009) to synthesize empirical findings on the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Harizaj, Alfons – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2011
The paper presents a view of the results and progress of Albania in the Programme for International Students' Assessments 2009 (PISA 2009). The overall goal and objectives of PISA are to offer support and expertise in the field of the evaluation of educational development factors in Albania. One of the methods successfully used for monitoring the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Participation, International Assessment
Loveless, Tom – Brookings Institution, 2009
The watchword of this year's Brown Center Report is caution--caution in linking state tests to international assessments--"benchmarking" is the term--caution in proceeding with a policy of "algebra for all eighth graders," caution in gleaning policy lessons from the recent progress made by urban schools. State and local budget…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
