Reviews of National Policies for Education: Denmark 2004
Subtitle: Lessons from PISA 2000
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Reviews of national policies for education; Reviews of National Policies for Education
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789264017948
Subjects: Education
Description: The results of PISA 2000, OECD's groundbreaking comparison of the educational outcomes of 15-year-olds, shook the belief of Danes that theirs was the best education system in the world.  In this report, a team of examiners determines why Denmark did worse than expected and recommends a series of steps to better evaluate performance, to overcome the effects of family backgrounds on student outcomes, to better equip school leaders and teachers, and to enhance the flexibility of the agreement governing tasks and hours of school staff.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary and Recommendations; title: Background Report: An Overview; title: Background Report: The Education System; title: Background Report: Making the Policies on Quality and Equity Work; title: Background Report: Conclusions; title: Examiners' Report: Background to the Review: Context and Concerns; title: Examiners' Report: Strengths of the Lower Secondary System; title: Examiners' Report: Weaknesses of the Lower Secondary System; title: Examiners' Report: Strategy for Improvement; title: Bibliography; title: Annexes.