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What Makes School Systems Perform? [electronic resource]: Seeing School Systems through the Prism of PISA / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Series:
- PISA, 19963777.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Competency based education--OECD countries.
- Educational evaluation--OECD countries.
- Educational tests and measurements--OECD countries.
- Programme for International Student Assessment.
- Educational tests and measurements--Study and teaching--OECD countries.
- Educational tests and measurements.
- Competency-based education--OECD countries.
- Competency-based education.
- Educational evaluation.
- Functional literacy--OECD countries.
- Functional literacy.
- Science.
- Local Subjects:
- Competency based education--OECD countries.
- Educational evaluation--OECD countries.
- Educational tests and measurements--OECD countries.
- Programme for International Student Assessment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The report links the results from the OECD PISA 2000 survey to qualitative evidence on important public policy measures in six countries that performed well in PISA. These measures included strategies for educational reform and innovation; issues of governance and resource allocation; national approaches to standard-setting, assessment and system monitoring; the organisation of support systems; the professional development of teachers; and approaches to addressing socio-economic differences in students’ backgrounds. Countries covered: Canada, England, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Sweden.
- Contents:
- Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Strategies for innovation and reform in the school system; Chapter 3: Devolution of responsibilities to schools; Chapter 4: System monitoring; Chapter 5: Organisation of support systems; Chapter 6: Understanding and application of standards; Chapter 7: Organisation ofeducational processes within the schools; Chapter 8: Integration of non-native students and students with foreign-born parents; Chapter 9: How countries cope with differences between target student performance and its achievement; Chapter 10: Professional development of teachers
- Chapter 11: ConclusionsAnnex A: Analytical framework used for the country reports in the multilateral study co-ordinated by the German Institute for International Educational Research
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 92-64-01772-0
- OCLC:
- 745976699
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