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Conclusions from PISA and TIMSS Testing
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Tienken, Christopher H. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2013
Secretary of Education Duncan (2010) lamented the state of U.S. education in 2010 after the release of the results from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). He wrote: "Unfortunately, the 2009 PISA results show that American students are poorly prepared to compete in today's knowledge economy. President Obama has…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth: A Partnership Service to Monitor the Educational Growth of Students in the Early to Middle Years of Schooling
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Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
Monitoring Trends in Educational Growth (MTEG) offers a flexible, collaborative approach to developing and implementing an assessment of learning outcomes that yields high-quality, nationally relevant data. MTEG is a service that involves ACER staff working closely with each country to develop an assessment program that meets the country's…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Trends, Progress Monitoring, Educational Quality
Cautions about Inferences from International Assessments: The Case of PISA 2009
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Ercikan, Kadriye; Roth, Wolff-Michael; Asil, Mustafa – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Two key uses of international assessments of achievement have been (a) comparing country performances for identifying the countries with the best education systems and (2) generating insights about effective policy and practice strategies that are associated with higher learning outcomes. Do country rankings really reflect the…
Descriptors: Inferences, International Education, International Studies, Case Studies
Confusion in the Ranks: How Good Are England's Schools?
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Smithers, Alan – Sutton Trust, 2013
Understanding how well English education performs compared with other countries is a valuable exercise, particularly because the information can help England and other countries learn from successful systems. The most recent international league tables of pupil performance differ considerably. England languishes well down the list in PISA 2009,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, National Competency Tests, Classification
Improvement in National Test Arithmetic Scores at Key Stage 1: Grade Inflation or Better Achievement?
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Meadows, Sara; Herrick, David; Witt, Marcus – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
The aim of the National Numeracy Strategy is to raise standards in numeracy. Strong evidence for its success has, however, been lacking: most of the available data come from performance on National Test assessments administered in schools or from Ofsted reports, and is vulnerable to suggestions of bias. An opportunistic analysis of data from a…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Numeracy, Arithmetic, National Competency Tests
Comparative Education: Statistics on Education in the United States and Selected Foreign Nations. CRS Report for Congress.
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Redd, Kenneth; Riddle, Wayne C. – 1988
While there are severe limitations on the availability, comparability, and reliability of education statistics for the United States and other major foreign nations, a comparison of data reveals that the relative ranking of the United States among other nations with respect to educational participation in general is high, but that it is low in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Data Interpretation