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dc.contributor.editorCrato, Nuno
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-15T10:20:37Z
dc.date.available2021-02-15T10:20:37Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20210215_9783030590314_19
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46815
dc.description.abstractThis open access book compares and contrasts the results of international student assessments in ten countries. The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released the results of its 2018 assessment in December 2019. This book reflects the debates that typically follow the release of these results and focuses on the causes of differences between countries. Such causes include continuous decline in one country, improvement combined with increasing internal inequalities in another country, or rapid improvement in spite of an outdated curriculum in yet another. In addition, the book discusses a number of general questions: Is knowledge outdated? Are computers taking over and replacing teachers? Are schools killing creativity? Are we adequately preparing the next generation? Are schools failing to educate our kids? The book starts out with a summary of PISA’s evolution and PISA results, and an explanation of the major factors that play a role in changes in countries’ results. The next ten chapters are devoted to ten specific countries, offering a summary of data and an explanation of the major drives for changes in education results for each one. Each chapter includes a short description of the country’s educational system as well as the impact of PISA and other ILSA studies on the country’s educational policies. The chapters also include a timeline of policy measures and main hallmarks of the country’s educational evolution, discussing the impact of these measures on its PISA results. A final reference chapter explains what PISA is, what it measures and how. While highlighting the 2018 results, the book also takes into consideration previous results, as well as long-term initiatives. This book gathers the contribution of well-known and respected experts in the field. Specialists such as Eric Hanushek, for the US, Tim Oates, for England, Montse Gomendio, for Spain, Gunda Tire, for Estonia, and all other contributors draw on their vast experience and statistical analysis expertise to draw a set of rich country lessons and recommendations that are invaluable for all of those who care about improving a country’s education system.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Educationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policyen_US
dc.subject.otherEducation, general
dc.subject.otherInternational and Comparative Education
dc.subject.otherEducational Policy and Politics
dc.subject.otherAssessment and Testing
dc.subject.otherInternational Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA)
dc.subject.otherLearning Assessment
dc.subject.otherProgram for International Student Assessment
dc.subject.otherPISA
dc.subject.otherComparative Education
dc.subject.otherEducational Policy
dc.subject.otherReading Achievement
dc.subject.otherStudent Assessment
dc.subject.otherInternational Education
dc.subject.otherPISA 2018
dc.subject.otherImprove Education
dc.subject.otherCountry Raises International Results
dc.subject.otherCountries Changing their International Results
dc.subject.otherOpen Access
dc.subject.otherEducation
dc.subject.otherEducational strategies & policy
dc.titleImproving a Country’s Education
dc.title.alternativePISA 2018 Results in 10 Countries
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-59031-4
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.imprintSpringer
oapen.pages263


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