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Yuan, Kun; Le, Vi-Nhuan – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2010, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Education Program has established the Deeper Learning Initiative, which focuses on students' development of deeper learning skills (i.e., the mastery of core academic content, critical-thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and "learn-how-to-learn" skills). Two test…
Descriptors: Test Items, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Skill Development
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Spring, Joel – Review of Educational Research, 2008
Research on globalization and education involves the study of intertwined worldwide discourses, processes, and institutions affecting local educational practices and policies. The four major theoretical perspectives concerning globalization and education are world culture, world systems, postcolonial, and culturalist. The major global educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Global Approach, Educational Research
Lemke, Mariann; Sen, Anindita; Pahlke, Erin; Partelow, Lisette; Miller, David; Williams, Trevor; Kastberg, David; Jocelyn, Leslie – US Department of Education, 2004
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a system of international assessments that measures 15-year-olds? capabilities in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy every 3 years. PISA was first implemented in 2000 and is carried out by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Literacy, Problem Solving, Academic Achievement