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Download full textNational Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
The purpose of this state report card is to provide the general public and policymakers with information they can use to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state. "Measuring Up 2006" is the fourth in a series of biennial report cards. The report card grades states in six overall performance categories: (1) Preparation:…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Enrollment, Access to Education, Paying for College
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
The purpose of this state report card is to provide the general public and policymakers with information they can use to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state. "Measuring Up 2006" is the fourth in a series of biennial report cards. The report card grades states in six overall performance categories: (1) Preparation:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Performance Factors, Educational Improvement
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
The purpose of this state report card is to provide the general public and policymakers with information they can use to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state. "Measuring Up 2006" is the fourth in a series of biennial report cards. The report card grades states in six overall performance categories: (1) Preparation:…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Enrollment, Access to Education, Paying for College
Ross, Patricia O'Connell, Ed. – 1994
The five commissioned papers in this anthology provided part of the research base for the national report, "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent." In the first paper, "The Performance of High Ability Students in the United States on National and International Tests," Carolyn Callahan describes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Educational Change
Janne, Henri – 1979
The education/employment situation of young people in Belgium is examined as part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in contemporary societies. Because of Belgium's complex cultural and linguistic make-up (59% of Belgians are Dutch-speaking Flemish; 41% are French-speaking Walloons), it is difficult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education
Maclure, Stuart – 1979
Part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in contemporary societies, the monograph focuses on the difficulties experienced by young people in Great Britain in negotiating the transitions from school to work and from youth to adulthood. Unemployment in Britain is at a post World War II peak and there…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Education, Educational Policy
Neave, Guy – 1977
The paper examines interpretations of educational development in western Europe since the 1960s and suggests that equality of opportunity has been the most pervasive theme underlying educational policy and development. Most often used to describe educational development are (1) demographic and economic data, (2) analyses of structural changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Comparative Education, Curriculum Research
Brauns, Hildegard; Gangl, Markus; Scherer, Stefani – 1999
This paper explores educational stratification of unemployment in early labor market career; its institutional embeddedness in specific education and employment systems; and youth unemployment in France (F), the United Kingdom (UK), and West Germany (G), which greatly differ relative to major institutional characteristics of education systems and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Peer reviewedRichardson, John T. E.; And Others – Educational Psychology, 1995
Identifies problems with the Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) as a survey instrument for use with non-Western students. A study using ASI attempted to examine the effects of secondary educational experiences on Fiji college students' study habits. Responses suggested the students were influenced by an acquiescent response bias. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students
PDF pending restorationParker, Franklin – 1978
Major changes in China since Mao Tse-tung's death in 1976 include development of a more aggressive foreign policy, easing of political and social controls, and educational expansion. Specifically, China is providing economic aid to other developing nations, permitting debate on political issues, allowing modification of government directives at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Area Studies, Asian Studies
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Stockholm (Sweden).
In 1965 the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) inaugurated a cross-national survey of achievement in six subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, and Civic Education. The overall aim of the project was to use international tests in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Stigler, James W.; And Others – 1990
This study compared the results of group tests of computational skills and tests of knowledge and skills in mathematics between three groups of first and fifth grade students from the United States, Japan, and Taiwan. The battery of tests were constructed after reviewing the mathematics textbooks used in each location and discussing the major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Computation, Elementary Education
PDF pending restorationInternational Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Stockholm (Sweden).
In 1965 the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) inaugurated a cross-national survey of achievement in six subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, and Civic Education. The overall aim of the project was to use international tests in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2005
In 1999 Ministers responsible for school education agreed to the new set of "National Goals for Schooling in the Twenty-First Century," with the aim of providing high quality schooling in Australia which would secure for students the necessary knowledge, understanding, skills and values for a productive and rewarding life. As a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement, Outcomes of Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach
