A Global Education Portrait
The International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks Internet Archive, or INCA, provides regularly updated descriptions of government policy on education in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales.
The INCA website describes government policy on the aims, organization and control, and structure of the education system, the curriculum and assessment frameworks, and the initial teacher training systems in mainstream and special education across all countries of the international review. It focuses on the 3-19 age range. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) in England funds the site, and the International Information Unit at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)maintains it.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tracks numerous education indicators The 525-page Education at a Glance 2008; OECD Indicators provides statistics intended to help policymakers and practitioners at a time when international comparisons are growing in importance.
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