The Global Search for Education: Everything You Need to Know About PISA
Dec06

The Global Search for Education: Everything You Need to Know About PISA

“If we look at countries like Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland, who have combined excellence and equity over a number of PISA cycles, we can see what they do: they have high and universal expectations for all students, an unwavering focus on outstanding teaching and they target resources on schools and students that are struggling.”  —  Andreas Schleicher The Programme for International Student...

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The Global Search for Education: New Global Study Offers Insights on Math Learning
Oct07

The Global Search for Education: New Global Study Offers Insights on Math Learning

“The most remarkable finding really is that teaching strategies clearly trump nationality and social background; many of our observations hold over more than 60 countries.” — Andreas Schleicher What can we learn from the teaching and learning practices of mathematics — school to school and country to country? In 2012, PISA studied students’ performance in mathematics, and additionally, collected data from...

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