31 Aug Statistic of the Month: Just How Far Behind Is the Average U.S. Student?
by Jennifer Craw ...
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09 Jul A Summer Reading List
Cross-posted at Education Week The table next to my bed is always stacked with a changing array of books waiting to be read, very much like the airplanes stacked in the approach pattern to major airports, waiting to land. Some are recently written and in the...
31 Jan Statistic of the Month: 2011 TIMSS and PIRLS Results
By Emily Wicken In December, the results of the 2011 administration of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) were published in three separate reports, each examining international performance in reading (at the fourth grade level),...
29 May International Reads: Learning Beyond Fifteen- 10 Years after PISA
Many of us think that we learn all we need to know about reading in school but a new report from the OECD provides a rare glimpse at the way many young people continue to improve their reading proficiency after graduation. Some of this unfolds...
29 May Statistic of the Month
[caption id="attachment_8580" align="aligncenter" width="633" caption="(Source: OECD. (2011). Education at a Glance: 2011, OECD. (2010). PISA 2009 Results: Overcoming Social Background, Vol. II.)"][/caption] One challenge shared by many countries as they work toward improving student performance is insuring that new immigrants are provided the kind and quality...