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International Education

Children around the world have the right to a quality education. RAND has worked to design and implement comprehensive standards-based education reform in the Middle East and Korea, and continues to conduct research in all areas of international education policy in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

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Linking Funding and Quality to Improve Higher Education in India

India's higher education system faces challenges from underprepared faculty, unwieldy governance, and other obstacles to innovation and improvement. Instituting policies that link funding to quality could hold schools accountable for their performance, encourage greater innovation, and further the nation's education goals.

Jul 23, 2013
Research Brief

Linking Funding and Quality to Improve Higher Education in India

RAND researchers developed a course of action to help India implement policies and reforms that link higher education quality to funding to increase accountability, encourage greater innovation, and contribute to national goals.

Jul 23, 2013
Commentary

The Middle East's Science Revolution?

Even as conflict rages, a wave of research and innovation in Arabian Gulf countries is bringing with it significant investment in science and research infrastructure — and even U.S.-style universities, writes Shelly Culbertson.

Jun 27, 2013
Announcement

2013 WISE Awards Celebrate Innovation in Education Across the Globe

The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) recognizes six innovative projects from around the world that are having a transformative impact on education.

Feb 28, 2013
Report

Sustaining the Qatar National Research Fund

An examination of what must be done to ensure sustainability of the Qatar National Research Fund, its achievements in its first five years, and recommendations for actions to respond to the new responsibilities mandated in Decree-Law (24) of 2008.

Aug 22, 2012
Report

Launching the Qatar National Research Fund

The design and implementation of the Qatar National Research Fund — the first research — funding organization of its kind in the Middle East—and descriptions of its first two programs, along with some early results and lessons learned.

Aug 21, 2012
Multimedia

Nurturing the Arab Spring: What Can Be Done to Remove Existing Barriers to Freedom of Expression in the Arab World?

In this June 2011 Congressional Briefing, RAND researchers discuss the growing body of creative works produced by Arab authors and artists that counter the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism, factors that thwart the distribution of such works, and policy recommendations for overcoming those barriers.

Jun 13, 2011
Report

Identifying Arabic-Language Materials for Children That Promote Tolerance and Critical Thinking

A focus on children, whose ideas are still being developed, may be more effective in promoting tolerance and critical thinking in the Arabic–speaking world than efforts directed toward adults, whose attitudes are already established.

Mar 22, 2011
Journal Article

Early Academic Performance, Grade Repetition, and School Attainment in Senegal: A Panel Data Analysis

This study takes advantage of a unique data set from Senegal that combines test score data for children from the second grade with information on their subsequent school progression from a follow-up survey conducted seven years later.

Jan 1, 2010
News Release

Independent Schools Adopted New Curricula and Teaching Methods Early in Qatar's Education Reform

As the nation of Qatar reformed its education system from 2005 to 2007, teachers at new independent schools worked together to develop curricular contents that addressed new international curriculum standards in key subjects, applied significantly more student-centered teaching methods and provided more challenging learning environments.

Nov 6, 2009
Report

Barriers to the Broad Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World

Many analysts have examined the media that violent extremists use to communicate their core messages. Far less research, however, has been devoted to the growing body of creative works produced by Arab authors and artists that counter the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism.

Sep 4, 2009
Report

Independent Schools Adopted New Curricula and Teaching Methods Early in Qatar's Education Reform

As Qatar reformed its education system from 2005 to 2007, teachers at new independent schools worked together to develop curricular contents that addressed new international curriculum standards in key subjects, applied significantly more student-centered teaching methods and provided more challenging learning environments.

Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief

Qatar's K–12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years

Describes RAND's evaluation of the progress made in the first years of Qatar's K-12 education reform.

Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief

Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years (Arabic version)

Describes RAND's evaluation of the progress made in the first years of Qatar's K-12 education reform.

Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief

Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System (Arabic version)

Researchers summarize the development of a standards-based student assessment system in Qatar, lessons for policymakers in Qatar and elsewhere, and challenges in aligning the assessment with future changes in the curriculum standards.

Jul 29, 2009
Research Brief

Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System

Researchers summarize the development of a standards-based student assessment system in Qatar, lessons for policymakers in Qatar and elsewhere, and challenges in aligning the assessment with future changes in the curriculum standards.

Jul 1, 2009
Report

Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006

This report recounts the development of Qatar's internationally benchmarked standards-based assessment system, providing important lessons learned for Qatar and other countries that are seeking to implement standards-based educational reforms.

Mar 17, 2009
Journal Article

Cognitive Skills Among Children in Senegal: Disentangling the Roles of Schooling and Family Background

The authors use unique data to estimate the determinants of cognitive ability among 14-17-year olds in Senegal. Closing the schooling gaps between poor and wealthy children will also close most of the gap in cognitive skills between these groups.

Jan 1, 2009
Report

Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates: Executive Summary

Overview of the education and labor market initiatives under way in four Arab nations -- Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates -- to address the challenges of developing their human capital for the 21st century global economy.

Dec 22, 2008
Research Brief

Addressing Human Capital Challenges: Assessing the Experiences of Four Countries in the Arab Region (Arabic Version)

This research brief describes an analysis of the reform efforts of four Arab region nations (Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates) in response to human capital challenges they face in preparing their people to work in a global environment.

Nov 2, 2008

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RAND Topic:
International Education

Topic Synonyms:
Global Education

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