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Chinese Media Highlights from Xi Visit

Margaret Myers ˙ Aug 11, 2014 ˙ Asia & Latin America

July coverage focused on President Xi Jinping’s tour of Latin America, which included stops in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Cuba.Read more +

BRICS Establish Development Bank at Brazil Summit

Margaret Myers ˙ Jul 17, 2014 ˙ Asia & Latin America

The creation of the New Development Bank, also known as the BRICS bank, was announced at the BRICS summit in Brazil.Read more +

A Conversation with Finland’s Minister of Education

Jeffrey Puryear ˙ May 13, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Photo Credit: “Kuva 4”/STT-lehtikuva/Finnish Prime Minister's Office

Using the Finnish model of education in Latin America. How can the key components be achieved?Read more +

Study Compares Test Scores Internationally

˙ Nov 7, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

An analysis of student examinations worldwide shows some countries' efforts to improve quality go unnoticed due to low scores. Read more +

World Bank Event on Student Evaluations

˙ Nov 6, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

Webcast on the importance of and challenges to monitoring student learning, and research on how to best carry out assessments.Read more +

Achieving World Class Education in Brazil

˙ Dec 21, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

An analysis of Brazilian education and the four recommendations offered to better compete with OECD systems by 2021.Read more +

VIDEO: Teacher Policy Assessment

˙ Aug 7, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Short video discussing research on teacher policies for the SABER initiative.Read more +

SABER: World Bank develops new tool to assess education systems

˙ Apr 17, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Eight core policy goals of the SABER-teachers program -- analysis and trends across countries.Read more +

Event: Access to Quality Education in Fragile States – The Case of Haiti

˙ Mar 2, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Haiti’s potential for growth and the need for human capital development -- challenges, priorities, and plansRead more +

Assessing Sector Performance & Inequality in Education

˙ Aug 3, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

Software that enables users to input pre-existing education information to produce graphs that analyze national education indicators.Read more +

Making Schools Work

˙ Mar 9, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

World Bank book argues weak accountability of schools and teachers lowers the quality of public schools, and lists three key reforms.Read more +

From Education for All to Learning for All

˙ Feb 14, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

Speech previewing World Bank's education strategy, which emphasizes role of education in economic growth and social advance.Read more +

Three new studies on educational decentralization

˙ Jan 6, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog

Decentralization and school-based management policies, and their effects on learning outcomes in the developing world.Read more +

High-quality Early Childcare = Later Academic Success?

˙ Jan 5, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog

Two documents suggest that investing in the early years of poor children is crucial to long-term success.Read more +

National Assessments of Educational Achievement

˙ Oct 2, 2009 ˙ PREAL Blog

Three volumes discuss the features, activities, and uses of establishing national assessments of educational achievement.Read more +

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