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Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado is shifting the focus from students being college-ready to colleges being student-ready.
Superintendent Cederick Ellis found that replacing rigid class structures in an elementary school with a more student-tailored approach boosted student outcomes. He is now taking that approach to the rest of the schools in Mississippi’s McComb School District.
Tracey Burns, an international education researcher, talks with NCEE’s Anthony Mackay about potential directions for education around the world.
In the final Global Ed Talks of 2020, Anthony Mackay is joined by John White, co-founder and board chairman of Propel America and member of NCEE’s Board of Trustees.
Families around the world are under financial strain due the economic disruption of the coronavirus pandemic. As such, financial literacy is increasingly important for students. The 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) included an optional section on financial literacy. This section assessed 15-year-olds’ experience with and knowledge about money and their ability ...
As jurisdictions around the world rethink the knowledge, skills and competencies students will need for a very different future, they are also considering what that shift means for the teaching profession. This has led to the development of new teacher competencies that reflect the broad goals that are being set for students. These competencies ...
In the sixth Global Ed Talks interview of the year, Anthony Mackay is joined by Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) and member of NCEE’s Board of Trustees.
By Miki Aristorenas Since the inception of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2000, Finland has attracted international attention and recognition for its sustained leadership as a high-performing education system. As highlighted in the Linda Darling-Hammond led, NCEE supported Empowered Educators study, a major driver of Finland’s success lies in its ...
By Nathan Driskell “You are what you measure,” as they say in the business community. If that is true, then what does that mean when you are talking about student testing in the United States? The assessments currently used in most American schools have advanced beyond the multiple-choice questions that used to dominate. ...
By David Loewenberg In the Netherlands, a country with a population about the size of the state of New York, the lines between public and private schools are blurred—all schools, be they public or private, religiously-affiliated or secular, are funded equally by the government. As a result, children receive a free, government-funded education no ...
By Jennifer Craw Seventy-two countries and economies participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, which tested student performance on reading, math and science with a particular focus on studentsʼ performance in and attitudes towards science. This month we take a look at how select top-performing education systems and the U.S. ...
By Nathan Driskell “In the past, many of our students had dropped out of school because they couldn’t cope,” Professor Sing Kong Lee told CIEB researchers during a recent benchmarking trip to Singapore. “Now, with the implementation of the streaming system, they feel less stigmatized.” To an American audience, the statement was ...
The results of the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), released on November 29, show that U.S. students, despite some gains, continue to struggle, especially compared with their peers from high-performing nations. In fourth grade mathematics, U.S. students performed below those in 10 jurisdictions, and outperformed those in 34 jurisdictions—many ...
By Miki Aristorenas Since the inception of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2000, Finland has attracted international attention and recognition for its sustained leadership as a high-performing education system. As highlighted in the Linda Darling-Hammond led, NCEE supported Empowered Educators study, a major driver of Finland’s success lies in its ...
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By Nathan Driskell “You are what you measure,” as they say in the business community. If that is true, then what does that mean when you are talking about student testing in the United States? The assessments currently used in most American schools have advanced beyond the multiple-choice questions that used to dominate. ...
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By David Loewenberg In the Netherlands, a country with a population about the size of the state of New York, the lines between public and private schools are blurred—all schools, be they public or private, religiously-affiliated or secular, are funded equally by the government. As a result, children receive a free, government-funded education no ...
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By Jennifer Craw Seventy-two countries and economies participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, which tested student performance on reading, math and science with a particular focus on studentsʼ performance in and attitudes towards science. This month we take a look at how select top-performing education systems and the U.S. ...
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By Nathan Driskell “In the past, many of our students had dropped out of school because they couldn’t cope,” Professor Sing Kong Lee told CIEB researchers during a recent benchmarking trip to Singapore. “Now, with the implementation of the streaming system, they feel less stigmatized.” To an American audience, the statement was ...
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The results of the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), released on November 29, show that U.S. students, despite some gains, continue to struggle, especially compared with their peers from high-performing nations. In fourth grade mathematics, U.S. students performed below those in 10 jurisdictions, and outperformed those in 34 jurisdictions—many ...