Netherlands / Estonia / Norway / France / Japan / Canada / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Finland / India / Denmark / WALES / Germany / Sweden / Belgium / Turkey / United States / Soviet Union / Singapore / Spain / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
German Gymnasium / Canterbury Christ Church University / London University’s Institute of Education / /
IndustryTerm
performance management / performing education systems / unequal education systems / policy applications / school systems / media obsession / foreign systems / monitorial systems / low-performing systems / educational systems / performing systems / individual education systems / education systems / /
MusicAlbum
in English / /
Organization
National Research Council / UK Labour government / PISA league / United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund / OECD / civil society / London University’s Institute of Education / Canterbury Christ Church University / Ecole Normale / UK government / Committee on the Arts and Humanities / NRC’s Board on International Comparative Studies / Labour government / Liberal Democrat / Blair’s government / /
Person
Andreas Schleicher / Michelle Obama / Ernest Boyer / Diane Ravitch / Robin Alexander Universities / David Raffe / John Dewey / Marilyn Osborn / Blair / Joseph Tobin / David Berliner / Shirley Brice Heath / Frank Coffield / Sharon Nichols / Jan Komensky (Comenius) / John Gray / Michael Sadler / Reynolds / John Jerrim / Michael Gove / Patricia Broadfoot / McKinsey / Jin Li / Farrell / Michael Barber / /
PoliticalEvent
general election / /
Position
Education Secretary / Prime Minister / model for this particular reform / President / architect / Secretary of State / administrator and university vice-chancellor / spokeswoman / administrator / international teacher / linguistic anthropologist / honorary chair / counsel / teacher / political adviser to Prime Minister Blair / York Chair / /
Product
Lancaster / /
ProvinceOrState
Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
the Cambridge Primary Review / /
Region
northern Europe / Scandinavia / central Europe / eastern Europe / /
INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE, NATIONAL POLICY AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE Making better use of international comparisons in education Robin Alexander Universities of Cambridge and York Chair, Cambridge Primary Review Trust