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Direct linkRutkowski, David; Rutkowski, Leslie; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The OECD and its U.S. administrator, McGraw-Hill Education CTB, have recently concluded the first cycle of the OECD-Test for Schools in the U.S. This test is being marketed to local schools and is designed to compare 15-year-olds from individual participating schools against peers nationally and internationally using the OECD's PISA test as its…
Descriptors: Participation, International Education, Comparative Testing, Comparative Education
Bushaw, William J.; Lopez, Shane J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
The 44th annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools showed some sharp divisions among the public's attitude toward the public schools, but also some hopeful signs of broad agreement in some areas. Satisfaction with President Barack Obama declined in the last year, but remains ahead of two years ago and the public…
Descriptors: Public Education, Public Schools, Public Opinion, Financial Support
Anderson, Lorin W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Upper elementary teachers won't be surprised to learn that in every state, students enrolled in grades 3 through 8 bear the brunt of educational accountability. All states test all students at these grade levels in English/language arts and mathematics. Furthermore, an increasing number of states are testing students at selected elementary and…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), State Standards, Testing, Accountability
Stiggins, Rick – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
In this article, the author offers a new vision of assessment that has the potential of bringing about remarkable gains in student achievement. The time has come to take advantage of the new understanding of the potential of assessment and to fundamentally rethink the relationship between assessment practices and effective schools in the United…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
There are only three South Korean universities that count in Koreans' eyes and they enroll 15,000 students, chosen from 873,000 applicants (1.7%), based on the results of a national exam. The night before the national exam, many mothers pray all night in temple. (They also prayed the previous 99 nights, but not so long.) The country comes to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Educational Change, National Standards
Kauffman, James M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
The author believes that some statements about education are as silly as waving to Ray Charles or another person who is blind. In particular, some of the statements about closing the achievement gap between students with disabilities and those without disabilities are extremely so. Educators need to demand that statements about education make…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Special Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Rogers, Vincent R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Individualized Instruction
