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Direct linkGao, Chunlei; Bi, Xueke – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2023
Education systems focus on issues related to school effects and differences. School effects are used as a basis for accountability in various countries including China. This study investigated the stability and cross-disciplinary consistency of value-added estimates based on student scores in selected schools in a city in central China. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education
Hammond, Bruce G. – Independent School, 2010
Most nations now administer standardized tests--for adult job seekers and young students alike--but the Chinese remain the world's preeminent practitioners. The nation's national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao", lasts for nine hours across two days. The author has seen the intensity of China's work ethic firsthand as…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Download full textBallard, Amy; Palmieri, Stafford; Winkler, Amber – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
This report has a simple aim: to present results from international assessments so readers can judge for themselves how American students stack up globally. It's intended to be a stand-alone supplement to the "Education Olympics" web event held between August 8th and August 22nd, 2008 (see edolympics.net). It shows how the U.S. has…
Descriptors: International Studies, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Sun, Hechuan; Yang, Xiaolin – International Journal of Educational Management, 2009
Purpose: This paper aims to survey the status quo of the student pressure and the relationship between their daily time management and their learning outcomes in three different types of higher secondary schools at Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning Province in mainland China. Design/methodology/approach: An investigation was carried out in 14…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Time Management, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
