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Understanding Pisa And Its Impact On Policy Initiative: A Review Of The Evidence, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin, Dita Nugroho Dec 2015

Understanding Pisa And Its Impact On Policy Initiative: A Review Of The Evidence, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin, Dita Nugroho

Dr Petra Lietz

In addition to monitoring the quality of education in national systems, the PISA empirical results provide the necessary evidence base for making changes to both policies and practices in education. In this regards, this chapter presents evidence from two systematic reviews of the impact of large scale assessments including PISA on educational policy. Particular attention is given to the types of assessment programmes undertaken, their goals and uses, the stages of the policy process informed by assessments; and the facilitators of and barriers to the uses of assessment data in the educational policy-making process. This chapter concludes with considerations regarding …

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Making A Difference In Developing Countries, David Tout Oct 2013

Making A Difference In Developing Countries, David Tout

David (Dave) Tout

The work of ACER in education is making the difference in educational outcomes for students across the world, particularly in developing countries.

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Informing Policy In Developing Countries, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin Oct 2013

Informing Policy In Developing Countries, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin

Dr Petra Lietz

Petra Lietz and Mollie Tobin discuss the impact of large-scale assessment programs on education policy in developing countries.

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Measuring Student Learning Achievement In Madrasah : Findings From The Study : Quality Of Education In Madrasah (Qem) 2010, Julie Kos Dec 2010

Measuring Student Learning Achievement In Madrasah : Findings From The Study : Quality Of Education In Madrasah (Qem) 2010, Julie Kos

Dr Julie Kos

This policy brief arises from a national study which measured the learning outcomes of Year 9 Madrasah students in Maths, Science, English and Bahasa Indonesia together with the influence of student, family and school background factors.

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