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Volckmar, Nina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
It has been a key goal to achieve equity in education in Australia and Norway over the last 50 years. This article offers a historical case-oriented comparative analysis of the promotion of equity in education in these 2 countries. While equity in education is primarily understood as students' learning outcomes in national and international tests,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Comparative Education, Case Studies, Educational Practices
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Moos, Lejf – Educational Governance Research, 2017
The neo-liberal move to depoliticise and deregulate governance of public sectors by transferring them to the technocratic and administrative marketplace management endangers the political and democratic processes at all levels. It influences education and educational leadership at their very core: the purpose of education is shifting from…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Governance, Politics of Education, Educational Administration
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Forestier, Katherine; Adamson, Bob; Han, Christine; Morris, Paul – Educational Research, 2016
Background: This paper analyses the role of, and approach to, policy referencing and borrowing in Hong Kong's recent reforms that culminated in the creation of its New Academic Structure and the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education. Main argument: It argues that Hong Kong has gone further than most jurisdictions not just in responding to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Schatz, Monika – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
Since the first publication of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results in 2000, the Finnish education system has received much praise both in Finland and abroad. In recent years, Finland started to build up its own education export sector with the aim of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education, Case Studies, Commercialization
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Hempenstall, Kerry – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2012
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a popular if controversial initiative developed largely in the USA, but which is, as yet, little known in general education in Australia. However, this may change given the increased attention to accountability in recent times. The national NAPLAN and international PISA assessments are leading to pressure being…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evidence, Foreign Countries, Response to Intervention
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Sahlberg, Pasi – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2011
The present article discusses the role and impact of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Finland. PISA has created a new geography of education policies and reforms by shifting global interest away from Anglo-Saxon education systems to Asian countries, as well as to Finland and Canada in the West. The article describes how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Educational Change, Annual Reports