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Hana Svobodová; Petr Trahorsch – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
Geographical Olympiads are disciplinary competitions that can be a tool for assessing geographical knowledge and skills in different countries of the world. This article aims to analyse the results of the national and international geography Olympiads and to identify their conditionality and interrelationship. The secondary aim is to find out…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Evaluation Methods
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Grek, Sotiria – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
Through a sociological analysis of the knowledge and actors that have become central to international assessments, the paper focuses on the processes that influence the production of shared narratives and agendas, adopting the position that their existence is not organic, but rather the product of undertakings that often fabricate and manage,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Expertise, Educational Policy, Governance
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Torney-Purta, Judith – Educational Researcher, 1990
Describes the following organizations concerned with international comparative educational research: (1) the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA); (2) the International Assessment of Educational Progress (IAEP); (3) the Board of International Comparative Studies in Education; and (4) the International…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing