Brazil’s South American Project
Brazil’s regional approach is in need of greater clarity and a meaningful renewal.
Brazil’s regional approach is in need of greater clarity and a meaningful renewal.
La historia ha mostrado que la medición es un instrumento de amplio uso para la responsabilización y reforma por un número de razones clave, incluyendo: Las pruebas son relativamente económicas Los cambios en la medición pueden implementarse relativamente rápido Los resultados de las pruebas son visibles y llaman la atención…
Durante los últimos cinco años, Ron K. Freeman ha disfrutado de la envidiable posición de ser el director de una de las escuelas de más altas calificaciones en todo Kentucky. Invariablemente, cuando se publica la lista de resultados de las pruebas de rendimiento de dicho estado, la escuela J. Graham…
While Mexico’s oil and gas reform has stolen the limelight, the electricity reform is more critical to the country’s economic growth.
The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is an initiative based on school vouchers targeted to the disadvantaged students in the capital of the US. It consists in the vouchers allocation by lottery worth $7,500 annually to students whose families earn close or below the federal poverty line income. The students can use…
Esta primavera, el Detroit Free Press anunció que ya no volvería a categorizar las escuelas y distritos sobre la sola base de sus puntajes en las pruebas estatales de rendimiento escolar. Descargue el documento completo abajo.
This spring, the Detroit Free Press announced that it would no longer rank schools and districts based simply on scores from statewide tests. The newspaper reached its verdict after conducting a six-month computer analysis of results from the Michigan Educational Assessment Program. It found that poverty and other factors outside…
Trade between the US and Latin America and the Caribbean has continued to grow in the face of global economic volatility.
As noted by several authors, teaching careers in the early twentieth century were considered highly prestigious. However, this condition has changed over time, and now is associated with negative aspects, such as work overload, fatigue, uncertainty or new training requirements.
Las evaluaciones educacionales pueden definirse como medidas del grado en el cual se han logrado los objetivos curriculares, sean establecidos por las autoridades gubernamentales o por expertos nacionales e internacionales. Además, pueden aplicarse para conocer: resultados cuantitativos, por ejemplo, el número de alumnos matriculados, de alumnos que han completado un…
Education is one of the key factors for economic growth and human development. The benefits of education go beyond the academic and contribute to economic goals such as growth and productivity, as well as social fundamentals such as improving health, social cohesion and strengthening democracy. In a globalized and highly…
En un informe elaborado recientemente por el BID, se entrevistó a cinco Ministros de Educación de Chile del periodo 1979-1996. Atendiendo a las lecciones de interés que puede ofrecer el caso chileno en la modernización de la educación, se exponen a continuación sus experiencias y visiones. Descargue el documento completo abajo
A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping El Salvador’s development.
In light of the wide range of experience, teachers care about salary. Their diversity reflects the number of situations that aim to be promoted and acknowledged. Not without reason: both conceptually and tactically, salary scales do not distinguish the good from the bad professionals. When this happens, the attraction and…
Mas detalles en el afinamiento administrativo y la re-organización de PREAL. Descargue el documento completo abajo.