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Sui Chu Ho, Esther – Research Papers in Education, 2016
This paper examines to what extent and how the data and results of PISA have been used for various education stakeholders and to what extent PISA affect educational policy and practices in Hong Kong. From the point of view of the government, PISA has played an important role in supporting and legitimising government educational reform since 2000.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Forestier, Katherine; Adamson, Bob; Han, Christine; Morris, Paul – Educational Research, 2016
Background: This paper analyses the role of, and approach to, policy referencing and borrowing in Hong Kong's recent reforms that culminated in the creation of its New Academic Structure and the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education. Main argument: It argues that Hong Kong has gone further than most jurisdictions not just in responding to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Schatz, Monika – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
Since the first publication of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results in 2000, the Finnish education system has received much praise both in Finland and abroad. In recent years, Finland started to build up its own education export sector with the aim of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education, Case Studies, Commercialization
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Risku, Mika; Bjork, Lars G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
This article provides insight into the nature and scope of home-school cooperation in Finland. Situating the study is a brief overview of the Finnish education system and a discussion of the Programme for International Student Assessment reports that place Finnish student outcomes at the top of rankings among industrialized nations for the past…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Reputation, Instructional Effectiveness