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Auditors rejecting AP courses syllabuses

31.08.2007 USA

Press

Jay Matthews - The Washington Post

After being audited by the College Board's first quality-control of the Advance Placement program, some teachers have met with a surprising rejection of their courses. The results of the audit have rubbed the already bruised relationship between some high school AP teachers and the college professors who are evaluating them.
Civic education for combating corruption: lessons from Hong Kong and the US for donor-funded programmes in poor countries

Donors are increasingly funding projects and programmes that fit under the general rubric of 'civic education'. These tend to address both targeted problems within a country and wider institutional reforms, including, for example, projects aimed at...

Marquette, Heather

2007
Teachers finding a new way to cash in'

28.06.2006 USA

Press

Bill Griffeth - NBCNEWS

The average salary for a teacher in the US is $47,000 a year. One thing that money doesn't account for is the time a teacher spends putting their lesson plans together. On the webpage 'Teacherspayteachers.com' is an open market place, teachers can sell their original course materials for instant downloads.
Governance in education: transparency and accountability

This book presents an international review of initiatives aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the management of education in a variety of domains, including: education financing, teacher appointment and transfer, teacher conduct...

Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

Paris, UNESCO, 2006
Governance in education: transparency and accountability

Hallak Jacques, Muriel Poisson

2006 427p.
Combating academic fraud: Towards a culture of integrity

This book documents the importance and extent of academic fraud. It identifies major varieties of academic fraud such as cheating in high stakes examinations, plagiarism, credentials fraud, and misconduct in reform policies. Examples of measures to...

Eckstein, Max A.

Paris, UNESCO, 2003
Standardized testing + high stakes decisions = educational inequity

Changes in assessment policy have increased standardized testing at provincial, national, and international levels, introduced testing at more grade levels, increased the reporting of test results, and attached more significance to those results...

Froese-German, Bernie

2001