Education, economics and public policy

最全面的全球教育质量新数据集 New DFID policy on education focuses on learning Skilled workers shortage challenges the 180 billion USD infrastructure development program in Philippines Reading Performance as a Basis for Economic Growth How to (not) raise test scores Offering incentives to US students improved performance substantially | But Shanghai students were not affected by incentives… 25 bestContinue reading “Human Capital (News and Research 80)”

Global data set on education quality (1965-2015) This paper presents the largest globally comparable panel database of education quality. The database includes 163 countries and regions over 1965-2015. The globally comparable achievement outcomes were constructed by linking standardized, psychometrically-robust international and regional achievement tests. The paper contributes to the literature in the following ways: (1)Continue reading “Measuring Human Capital (News and Research 78)”

Presenting A Global Dataset on Education Quality at the ASSA Conference in Philadelphia, January 6, 2018. The American Economic Association (AEA), in conjunction with 58 associations in related disciplines known as the Allied Social Sciences Associations (ASSA), holds a three-day meeting each January to present papers on general economics topics. The event which is theContinue reading “A Global Dataset on Education Quality (News and Research 75)”

How a time-tested education model can prepare students for a high tech future I believe that people who are constantly on the lookout for new models of education should also look to the past at something that was started over 40 years ago. In the 1970s, the “New School” model was born in rural Colombia.  NewContinue reading “A time-tested education model for a high tech future (News and Research 74)”