Sentences with phrase «international differences in student performance»

The paper suggests that international differences in educational institutions explain the large international differences in student performance in cognitive achievement tests.

Many have identified variations in teacher quality as a key factor in international differences in student performance and have urged policies that will lift the quality of the U.S. teaching force.

Not exact matches

Notwithstanding this debate, the international variation in student performance levels in mathematics and science is a fact, and it is generally accepted that differences in the amount of resources given to the education sector do not fully explain why performance levels vary.

My working hypothesis is that differences in educational institutions explain more of the international variation in student performance than differences in the resources nations devote to schooling.

International differences in teacher quality are commonly hypothesized to be a key determinant of the large international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded International differences in teacher quality are commonly hypothesized to be a key determinant of the large international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded testing this.