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Gur, Bekir S.; Celik, Zafer; Ozoglu, Murat – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
In this article we provide a critique of the interpretation and utilization of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results by the National Education Authorities in Turkey. First, we define and explain what OECD's PISA is. Second, we make an overview of the media coverage in Turkey of the PISA 2003 and 2006 results. Third, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, News Reporting
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Bishop, John H. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Summarizes some of the recent research concerning curriculum-based external exit exam systems (CBEEES) based on explicit content standards. Suggests that compulsory national standards and CBEEE-based reform of the precollege curriculum should lead to improvements in both teaching practices and student learning. Outlines the characteristics of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Content, Curriculum Evaluation, Economics Education
Grant, S. G., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change