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Grek, Sotiria – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This paper examines the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which has become a major and influential component of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) educational work. This measure of comparative performance of educational systems of member and other nations is based on tests commissioned by the…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
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Charlier, Jean-Emile – European Education, 2008
This issue and the winter 2007-2008 issue (vol. 39, no. 4) of "European Education" address the implications of competition for the future of European higher education. Studies bear on the initiatives taken over the past few years in Europe to enhance the harmonization of European higher education systems and particularly the Bologna…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Competition, Regional Cooperation
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Oh, Jung-Eun – European Education, 2008
Since 29 European ministers of higher education announced the Bologna declaration in 1999, the Bologna reform has spread to all parts of Europe. The number of participating countries has grown to 46. In other words, most European countries have joined the Bologna process, which is to form a "European higher education area" (EHEA) by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Policy Analysis
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Pusztai, Gabriella; Szabo, Peter Cs. – European Education, 2008
Changes in higher education in Hungary are strongly related to those in the economic and social environment. Since the change of the political system in the late 1980s, Hungarian economic development has been marked by periods of contraction and expansion. Notwithstanding this process, influenced in part by the state's imposition of restrictive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Brandt, Chris; Mathers, Carrie; Oliva, Michelle; Brown-Sims, Melissa; Hess, Jean – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2007
This descriptive study provides a snapshot of teacher evaluation policies across a demographically diverse sample of districts in the Midwest Region. It aims to lay the groundwork for further research and inform conversations about current policies at the local, district, and state levels. Specifically, this study examines district evaluation…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Guidance Programs, Policy Analysis, Policy Formation
Nalley, Donna, Ed.; DeMeester, Karen, Ed. – SERVE Center for Continuous Improvement at UNCG, 2003
This report was conceptualized as a document to offer perspective on mathematics and science reform in the Southeast. The intent was to provide a panoramic view of K-12 mathematics and science education reform in each SERVE state (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina) and, ultimately, a synthesis of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Science Education