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Assessment of learning outcomes in higher education: a comparative review of selected practices (EDU Working Paper No. 15)

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10-Mar-2008

Deborah Nusche

This paper proposes a typology of higher education learning outcomes, and reviews 18 assessment instruments designed to measure such outcomes across higher education institutions. Examples are drawn from Australia, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States.

US Academic Libraries: Today’s Learning Commons Model - PEB Exchange, February 2008

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08-Feb-2008

In 2007, the author examined existing academic libraries in the United States to determine best practices for the design, implementation and service of learning commons facilities.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills/ Case Study: United States

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08-Feb-2008

John Benseman and John Comings

This study describes how eight U.S. programmes providing adult base education (ABE), adult secondary education (ASE), and English as a Second Language (ESL) have shaped their services to meet local needs.

Economic survey of the United States 2007: Financing higher education

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29-May-2007

Financial barriers block access to higher education. Raising limits on student loans would be a more equitable and efficient solution than increasing grants.

Economic survey of the United States 2007: Improving primary and secondary education

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29-May-2007

US school students perform unimpressively in international tests.  Making their schoolwork more challenging would help.

On the Edge: Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education (Education Working Paper No. 7)

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26-Mar-2007

This report examines the conditions needed to secure the future financial sustainability of institutions of higher education from a national (policy) and institutional (management) perspective.

Maryland 2003 State-wide School Facilities Assessment

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11-Jan-2007

Allen Abend

This paper provides the background and a summary of the State of Maryland’s 2003 statewide assessment of 1 342 school buildings. It presents the 31 standards against which the schools were evaluated are ...

Country Profiles: An Overview of Early Childhood Education and Care Systems in the Participating Countries - United States

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18-Sep-2006

The country profiles provide a comparative overview of the major indicators of Early Childhood Education and Care in the participating countries.

Education at a Glance 2006 - Briefing Note: United States

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12-Sep-2006

This note summarizes the main characteristics of the US education system. The full edition “Education at a Glance: OECD indicators 2006” provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of education indicators enabling countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance.

Economic Survey of the United States 2005: Labour market issues

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27-Oct-2005

Expenditure on active labour-market measures (such as training) could be expanded to cover displaced workers more generally and work disincentives should be reduced to boost labour-force participation.

Performance Budgeting in OECD countries

This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States) which have developed and used performance information in the budget process.

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How are students faring in science today?

Volume 1 - Analysis: Gives the most comprehensive international picture of science learning today. Volume 2 - Data: Presents the PISA 2006 full data set underlying Volume 1.

PISA 2006 results - Analysis and Data