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Ertl, Hubert – Oxford Review of Education, 2006
This paper examines the ways in which the results of the OECD Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) have influenced educational discourse in Germany. It argues that the results caused shockwaves in the educational landscape and led to a re-evaluation of other international comparisons which had presented an unfavourable picture of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Development
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Girod de l'Ain, Bertrand – European Journal of Education, 1994
To make European higher education systems compatible, several systems of certification are being considered, including the German model of final certification, the English model of accumulative certification, the American "add-on" model, and the French model, which extends the "add-on" model. The influence of business and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Certification, Credits, Educational Policy
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2002
This document consists of a consultation paper on extending opportunities and raising standards in the 14-19 phase of England's educational system and the Learning Skills Development Agency's (LSDA's) response to the consultation paper. The consultation argues that the existing 14-19 system fails large numbers of young people and values only a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies