12 Apr 2017
The Cost of Ignorance Revisited: Imitating the OECD or Learning to Be Critical? By Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye
By Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye, Kyoto University, Japan.
In February 2016, Director of UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Silvia Montoya wrote a ... Read More
28 Jul 2016
PISA for Development: Expanding the Global Education Community Esperanto or Developing a Dialect? By Camilla Addey
By Camilla Addey, Humboldt University in Berlin[1]
In the 1990s, the International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) phenomenon suddenly exploded and over the following two ... Read More
21 Jul 2016
Can the Measurement of Learning Outcomes Lead to Quality Education for All? By Pablo Zoido, Michael Ward, Kelly Makowiecki, Lauren Miller, and Catalina Covacevich
By Pablo Zoido (former OECD), Michael Ward, Kelly Makowiecki, Lauren Miller, Catalina Covacevich (OECD)
This is one of the complex questions that kicked ... Read More
23 Jun 2016
Learning From Learning Assessments: The Politics and Policies of Attaining Quality Education
A NORRAG joint event with the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings, in association with PASEC on 23 June 2016, Geneva:
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In ... Read More
30 May 2016
How Shanghai Does It By Xiaoyan Liang
By Xiaoyan Liang, World Bank.
The World Bank’s recent publication “How Shanghai Does It: Insights and Lessons from the Highest-Ranking Education System in ... Read More
09 Jul 2015
The Politics of Indicator Development in the Education 2030 Framework for Action By Tore Bernt Sørensen
By Tore Bernt Sørensen, University of Bristol.
As the process of defining the Education 2030 Framework for Action becomes nearer to completion, this ... Read More
22 May 2015
Clarifying the Obscure: Facing the “Measurement” Challenge of the Education Post-2015 Targets By Dierdre Williams
By Dierdre Williams, Open Society Foundations.
As the process of developing indicators for the Post-2015 education targets unfolds, some of the targets are ... Read More
11 Dec 2014
Development Inc. and the Ghost in the Machine: the Idea of Global Governance by Euan Auld
By Euan Auld, Institute of Education, London.
Though global governance in education is often attributed to any of a number of world powers ... Read More
20 Nov 2014
Without Theory, there are only Opinions By Roger Dale
By Roger Dale, University of Bristol.
The phrase ‘without data you’re just another person with an opinion’ which has been frequently uttered by ... Read More
17 Nov 2014
Are Brazilians Masochists? Why do they Insist on PISA? By Claudio de Moura Castro
By Claudio de Moura Castro, Positivo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Kenneth King, NORRAG NEWS’ editor, has asked me why Brazilians insist on participating in ... Read More