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Publications: International and Comparative Education

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NEPC Review: Spark & Sustain: How All the World’s School Systems Can Improve Learning at Scale (McKinsey & Company, February 2024)

NEPC Review

Clara Fontdevila, Antoni Verger, and Adrián Zancajo

June 13, 2024

NEPC Review: Beyond the Mirage: How Pragmatic Stewardship Could Transform Learning Outcomes in International Education Systems (June 2019)

NEPC Review

Frank Adamson

October 29, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Rick Mintrop and Miguel Órdenes on School Privatization in Chile

FYI

Gregory A. Smith, Rick Mintrop, and Miguel Órdenes

December 18, 2018

What Might Happen If School Vouchers and Privatization of Schools Were to Become Universal in the U.S.: Learning from a National Test Case—Chile

Policy Brief

Ernesto Treviño, Rick Mintrop, Cristóbal Villalobos, and Miguel Órdenes

June 7, 2018

NEPC Review: SchoolGrades.org (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2015)

NEPC Review

Jaime Del Razo

March 10, 2016

Divining the Meaning of the Test Scores

Resource Document

William J. Mathis

November 3, 2015

International Test Score Comparisons and Educational Policy: A Review of the Critiques

Policy Brief

Martin Carnoy

October 30, 2015

Review of The Efficiency Index

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

September 23, 2014

School Self-Evaluation and Inspection for Improving U.S. Schools?

Policy Brief

Katherine E. Ryan, Tysza Gandha, and Jeehae Ahn

November 12, 2013

Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability

Legislative Brief

Andy Hargreaves, Henry Braun, and Kathleen Gebhardt

October 22, 2013

Review of Middle Class or Middle of the Pack

NEPC Review

Martin Carnoy

June 4, 2013

NEPC Review: The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools, Part II (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2013)

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy

March 26, 2013

Review of The School Staffing Surge

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy

December 4, 2012

NEPC Review: "Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance" and "Merit Pay International" (February 2011)

NEPC Review

Matthias Von Davier

March 31, 2011

NEPC Review: U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students? (November 2010)

NEPC Review

Jeremy Kilpatrick

January 11, 2011

NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010)

NEPC Review

Edward García Fierros and Bridget Rooney

December 14, 2010

NEPC Review: Education Olympics 2008: The Games in Review (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2008)

NEPC Review

Edward García Fierros and Mindy L. Kornhaber

October 15, 2008

NEPC Review: Markets vs. Monopolies in Education: A Global Review of the Evidence (September 2008)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

September 30, 2008

Schooling and the Construction of Identity Among Minority Students in Spain and the United States

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2008

Bill Gates, If You're So Rich, How Come You're Not Smart?

Legacy Publication

Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2005

Separate and Unequal 15-Year-Olds

Legacy Publication

David C. Berliner

December 4, 2001

International Education Policy: H.C.R. 201

Resource Document

July 26, 2001