Previous work shows that higher
levels of education quality (as measured by international student achievement tests) increases growth rates of national income.
Take, for example, the percentage of students in a district who obtain a Regents» diploma, a key measure
of education quality in New York.
After leaving the classroom he served as deputy director of educational issues at the American Federation of Teachers and as the founding executive
director of the Education Quality Institute.
Vivour - Adeniyi stated this during the annual general meeting and intervention programme put together by the Office
of Education Quality Assurance which was attended by over 1,000 participants.
The UIS is launching two new tools to kick - start this process: an eAtlas mapping out the currently available global education indicators, and a Digest that sets out a roadmap to improve the
measuring of education quality and equity.
After leaving the classroom he served as deputy director of educational issues at the American Federation of Teachers and founding executive director
of the Education Quality Institute.
Another important set of
indicators of education quality are OECD's measures of academic proficiency that show how 15 - year - olds in the United States compare academically with 15 - year - olds in other countries.
It is a new world, especially for women, and serious educators seem to realize that single - sex schools and classrooms are not a threat, but another arrow in the
quiver of education quality.
In good part because of the impact of the Risk report, it is now generally recognized that students» cognitive skills are a crucial
dimension of education quality.
The students» opinions are consistent with their parents» assessments, although the lack of data on students below grade 6 prohibits us from more direct measurement of the
degradation of education quality in middle schools.
This year, NEA expanded that vision by introducing five
domains of education quality: the quality of the professional, the profession, the schools, education policy and the union.
Summary: When looking at
rankings of education quality state - by - state, the methodology used plays a big part in how you might interpret the results.
Like the parents at West Lake Middle School, where I started this story, these parents believe in a version of the American Dream that includes a guaranteed access to a school that will accept their children for who they are and provide a
benchmark of education quality that is expected in a country that professes to «lead the world» in all aspects of human enterprise.
A key mechanism for determining the effectiveness of this proficiency - based system is the
use of Education Quality Reviews that incorporate quantitative and qualitative data in five dimensions of school quality: academic achievement, personalization, safety and school climate, high - quality staffing, and financial efficiencies.