Category Archives: PISA

Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) Program (News and Research 170) READ Program Plays Crucial Role in Global Effort to Eliminate Learning Poverty  On November 6, 2019, at a conference convened on the tenth anniversary of the READ (Russian Education Aid for Development) Program, experts from around the world convened to reflect on global progress andContinue reading “Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) Program”

Tertiary Education in Europe and Central Asia (Education News and Research 161) Presentation by Harry Patrinos   Teachers and Cheaters: Just an Anagram? When Students Don’t Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Student Effort Attracting Low-Income Students to Top Universities Let me write a dissertation for you: the micro-level cost-benefit approach to doctoral degreeContinue reading “Tertiary Education in Europe and Central Asia”

Education Equity in the Russian Federation The Russian Federation does well on educational equity, a fact that is perhaps not as well known as Russian performance on levels of international assessments… Russian students show the lowest ‘achievement gap’ between students from the highest and lowest socio-economic groups… Russian education equity performance is likely on accountContinue reading “Education and Equity in Russia (Education News and Research 124)”

Comprehensive Private School Model for Low-Income Urban Children in Mexico In low-income countries, private schools are perceived as superior alternatives to the public sector, often improving achievement at a fraction of the cost. It is unclear whether private schools are as effective in middle-income countries where the public sector has relatively more resources. To addressContinue reading “Human Capital News and Research 123”