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PISA 2009 at a Glance
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OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2011
"PISA 2009 at a Glance" is a companion publication to "PISA 2009 Results", the six-volume report on the 2009 survey conducted by the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA assesses the extent to which students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
Assessing the Role of K-12 Academic Standards in States: Workshop Summary
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Beatty, Alexandra – National Academies Press, 2008
Every state in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity now has its own academic standards, at least in core subjects. These documents vary in their structure, level of specificity, and other characteristics. Professional societies have also developed standards, in mathematics, English language…
Descriptors: Workshops, Academic Standards, State Standards, Benchmarking
Review of Michigan's Grade Level Content Expectations
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Achieve, Inc., 2003
In 2002, the Michigan State Board of Education asked the Department of Education to develop grade-by-grade "content expectations" in reading/English language arts and mathematics to provide guidance to local educators and parents and serve as the basis for annual assessments required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, State Standards