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OECD Publishing, 2020
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date. Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning…
Descriptors: Test Results, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Nakamura, Pooja; de Hoop, Thomas – American Institutes for Research, 2014
Most of the world is multilingual--multilingual at the national level (policies), at the community and family level (practices), and at the individual level (cognitive)--and each of these has implications for teaching and learning. Yet, at present, most reading decisions are not based on empirical research of how children learn to read in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Reading Skills, Reading Tests
Baidak, Nathalie; Borodankova, Olga; Kocanova, Daniela; Motiejunaite, Akvile – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2012
The indicators in this edition of Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe cover a number of issues at the heart of contemporary thought and discussion in Europe relating to foreign language teaching. They address the degree of linguistic diversity in European schools and the need to provide appropriate support measures to pupils…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Wagner, Daniel A.; Murphy, Katie M.; De Korne, Haley – Brookings Institution, 2012
Parents, educators, government ministers and policymakers in all contexts and countries around the world are concerned with learning and how to improve it. There are many reasons for this, but none is more important than the fact that learning is at the heart of success at the individual, community and global levels. Learning First is the title of…
Descriptors: Learning, Educational Research, Equal Education, Educational Objectives