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Direct linkSigþórsson, Rúnar – Literacy, 2017
In the wake of a White Paper on Education Reform, published in 2014 by the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, the minister launched a national initiative to improve literacy education in Icelandic compulsory schools. The White Paper and the national initiative came as a reaction to the disappointing performance of 15-year-olds…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education
Sung, Youl-Kwan; Lee, Yoonmi – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
This paper seeks to contribute to recent comparative discussions about the shift of traditional referential points as a result of new global governance by the OECD through PISA. In doing so, the authors investigate whether the lower PISA rankings of the US have resulted in the shifting of its referential status in South Korea. For the purposes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Tulip, Peter; Wurzburg, Gregory – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
The average educational attainment of US students is weak by international comparison. For example, mean results of PISA test scores are below the OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] average. This is despite substantial resources devoted to the schooling system. One partial explanation for this is that academic standards,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Educational Attainment
