International Assessments
Learn more about tests, like PISA and TIMSS, taken by students in multiple countries that allow for cross-country comparisons
Curriculum
Opinion
Global Competence in Practice
Examples of how teachers around the world are teaching for global competence.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Encouraging Creativity and Play: Lessons from Korea
How Korea provides a model for play and creativity in early childhood education.
Curriculum
Opinion
How Language Immersion Programs Prepare Students to Be Global Citizens
How cultural pedagogical practices in dual language immersion programs help prepare students to be global citizens.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Teaching STEM and Programming—No Experience Needed
How Singapore trains math and science educators to teach STEM and coding.
School & District Management
Opinion
How Singapore Math Improved Scores at a U.S. School
How one teacher implemented a Singapore math program at her school in response to declining test scores.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How International Learning Has Transformed Denver Public Schools
How Denver Public Schools has made improvement to equity in education based on international best practice.
Assessment
Opinion
NAEP vs. PISA? Hands down, It's PISA
PISA's collection of background data provides policymakers critical insights beyond just student performance. Marc Tucker makes the case that NAEP should collect similar information.
Student Well-Being & Movement
U.S. Students Work Better in Teams, New PISA Test Finds
U.S. teenagers outperform their math, reading, and science skills when it comes to collaborative problems, a new study finds.
School & District Management
Opinion
Has the United States Been 'Sleepwalking Through History' or Not?
Marc Tucker responds to critics of his argument that the U.S. has been sleepwalking in its approach to improving education compared to other countries.
School & District Management
Opinion
Germany Rapidly Improved Their Schools and We Didn't—Why?
After disappointing PISA results in 2000, Marc Tucker looks at why Germany reacted with system-wide reform while the United States responded with complacency.
Curriculum
Higher-Income Teenagers Are More Financially Literate, Global Test Finds
The second-ever international assessment for financial literacy finds U.S. students are about average.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
For American Workforce Training, Look to the German Model
How the German dual education system is starting to be implemented in the U.S. to help address the skills gap.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Immigration and Education Are Necessary to Build a Strong Workforce
Marc Tucker discusses why immigration and education are essential components for building a highly skilled workforce.
Assessment
Opinion
How School- and District-Level Leaders Can Prepare Students for Success
Specific actions that can be taken at the district, school, and classroom levels to improve instruction and drive strong student achievement and acquisition of deeper learning skills.