In December of 2019, the OECD’s Andreas Schleicher, the U.S. Department of Education’s Peggy Carr, and NCEE’s Anthony Mackay took an in-depth look at the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 results and lessons they provide for U.S. policy makers and education leaders.

In preparation of the much-anticipated release on December 3, 2019, NCEE hosted a special briefing that provided key insights on the report – from what countries participated and what was tested in 2018 to understanding what results do and do not mean – featuring Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at OECD.

OECD Director for Education and Skills Andreas Schleicher and NCEE President and CEO Anthony Mackay discuss the key education policy priorities uncovered in Education Policy Outlook 2019, including the latest developments in the global education landscape and the lessons these new developments provide for U.S. policy makers and education leaders.

In this important book, published by ASCD, Marc Tucker details how education leaders can design and build highly effective systems for educating students from a wide range of backgrounds to world-class standards by learning from the international education systems that produce much higher achievement often at the same or lower cost.

In a groundbreaking new report, a bipartisan group of state legislators and staff are urging their colleagues to reimagine public education in the U.S. based on the successful practices and policies of the world’s best education systems.