The OECD recently issued its new book-length report, "Measuring Innovation in Education 2019." The authors use the PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS databases to look at changes in a slew of instructional and system practices across the OECD nations between 2006 and 2016.
The research, titled "Culture, migration and educational performance: a focus on gender outcomes using Australian PISA tests" compared 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test scores of non-migrant, first-generation and second-generation migrant children in Australia.The research found out that gender stereotypes and cultural norms of a child's family heritage have impacts on academic performance in Australian schools.
Saskatchewan ranks second last in turning dollars into student success out of all provinces in Canada, even after having a higher spending ratio than most other Canadian provinces. Based on PISA test scores, this articles analyzes how spending money does not necessarily increase the quality of education.
In the recent OECD issued report, "Measuring Innovation in Education 2019.", the authors offer some fascinating peeks at how the OECD nations compare when it comes to K-12 policy and practice. This article by Rick Hess look closer into STEM for the case of United States.
For the first time, the students from Kazakhstan earned an international top-10 by performance in math and science, according to the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Kazakh eighth-graders demonstrated ability and knowledge comparable to their peers from countries like Russia, Canada, and Ireland, ranking higher than England, the United States, and Australia
From nine predominantly English speaking countries in the world, this article tries to explain the research attempt to measure how often people oversell themselves in society. According to the findings, men are much more likely than women to master the art of hyperbole, as are the wealthy relative to the poor or middle class.
Authors Frederick M. Hess and RJ Martin in this article triy to explore the impact of education reform of USA in 1999 to this date. They find out that the state assessment results vary from the results published in NAEP and PISA.
Author Katharine B. Stevens, in this article explores the topic of socioeconomic achievement gap in the US which has remained unchanged for the past 50 years.
Sasha Jones, in this article, examines a new study by Education Next which showed that the socioeconomic achievement gap has remained unchanged for the past 50 years.
Sophie Edwards, in her article, states that the OECD's head of education Andreas Schleicher has communicated that the global education ranking system of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is now exploring skills for children that need to be taught that will make them successful in the future. He said that PISA is aiming to test and develop 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, digital learning, problem-solving, and competence.