The Global Search for Education: What Israel Did
Feb16

The Global Search for Education: What Israel Did

“The convergence of different studies showing steady improvement indicates that indeed a real change in teaching and learning has occurred and students have improved.”- Michal Beller Israel is among the group of countries that made the largest improvement in all subject matters in the PISA test since the year 2000. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial international survey, aims to evaluate...

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The Global Search for Education: Can You Pass the Global Standardized Test?
May17

The Global Search for Education: Can You Pass the Global Standardized Test?

In approximately six weeks’ time, policy makers, administrators, researchers and educators will meet at the OECD PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) conference in Tokyo to study the educational strategies of countries which excel in the global standardized test. Many of these strategies will be previewed over the next few weeks in The Global Search for Education. The performance of U.S. students in the 2009 PISA...

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