International Lessons about National Education Standards Policy

A new policy brief from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute presents six key lessons gleaned from an in-depth study of national education standards in ten countries: Russia, France, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Germany, South Korea, Singapore and the Netherlands. These ten countries are making significant improvement in mathematics and science achievement and operate along a spectrum of national and local educational control. They’re lessons that heed American cultural and political realities and could help us navigate the national standards terrain, the authors note.

William H. Schmidt

Richard Houang

Sharif Shakrani

Full Report: http://edexcellence.net/international_education_standards/policy_brief.pdf?mc_cid=faafdc0b40&mc_eid=dfa0607b67

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