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Waber, Dietmar – Education Canada, 2006
The article focuses on Fraser Institute's (Vancouver, British Columbia) "Report Card on Elementary Schools in British Columbia." The rating of a school is based on reading, writing, and numeracy levels for both Grade 4 and Grade 7 students, gender differences in reading and numeracy in Grade 7, and the percentage of students not meeting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Examiners, Report Cards, Reading

Hunt, Peter – Technical Communication Quarterly, 1993
Argues that courses in technical communication must have high status, be flexible, use distance learning techniques, and meet the needs of inservice communicators to satisfy demand for technical communicators in Europe. Suggests those courses concentrate on composition, text-handling, elicitation, and specialized technical areas. Suggests courses…
Descriptors: Course Content, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Content
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 2000
This paper, presented by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), addresses questions related to development of the Quality Assessment Board, the applied degree pilot project, new Ontario-based private institutions, and new taxpayer and student protection measures. The COU highlights four major points in their response to the paper,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Degree Requirements, Foreign Countries

Bairstow, Phillip; Cochrane, Raymond – British Journal of Special Education, 1993
This article highlights difficulties in replicating the Andras Peto Institute for Motor Disorders in Hungary by establishing the Birmingham (England) Institute for Conductive Education, for children with cerebral palsy. Difficulties included a lack of conductive education principles in clear English, failure to properly identify children who could…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries, Motor Development
Lafleur, Clay – 1986
Ontario public school systems are responsible for ensuring that Ministry of Education documents, such as subject guidelines, are implemented in their schools. This paper describes an implementation plan developed and used in Simcoe County by a large rural school board with modest program support staff. Four distinct phases characterize this…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries