ERIC Number: EJ632385
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Publication Date: 2001
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Why Students in Some Countries Do Better: International Evidence on the Importance of Education Policy.
Woessmann, Ludger
Education Matters, v1 n2 p67-74 Sum 2001
Uses data from 39 countries to analyze how various institutional features and policies affected student performance on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Students in countries with centralized exams, little teacher/union influence on budgets, and larger shares of private-school enrollments had significantly higher TIMSS scores. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Centralization, Comparative Education, Competition, Decentralization, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governance, Incentives, Local Government, Private Schools, Public Schools, Quality Control, School District Autonomy, Standardized Tests, Teacher Participation, Test Results, Unions
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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