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Yasukawa, Keiko; Hamilton, Mary; Evans, Jeff – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Programme of International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is put forward as a landmark development in the lifelong monitoring and international comparison of education. The first round of PIAAC's Survey of Adult Skills compared performance in literacy, numeracy and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, National Surveys, Skill Analysis, International Assessment
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Pernia, Ronald A. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2017
This study explores how the decentralization law of 1991 in the Philippines has provided the conditions for the interface of higher education and politics by virtue of Local Government Units (LGUs) establishment of Local Colleges and Universities (LCUs). Anchored on educational politics framework, it specifically looks at the experience of Mandaue…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Higher Education, Local Issues, Politics of Education
Torres, Anthony – Illinois Schools Journal, 1983
Local school boards have traditionally carried most of the responsibility for providing public education. But now, as a result of a complex set of economic and demographic factors, new schemes are needed for providing education, such as the consolidation of small districts into ever-larger ones. (KH)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Policy