Education for a new era design and implementation of K-12 education reform in Qatar

The leadership of Qatar has a social and political vision that calls for improving the outcomes of the Qatari K-12 education system. With this vision in mind, the leadership asked RAND to examine Qatar's K-12 education system, to recommend options for building a world-class system, and, subsequ...

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Main Author: Brewer, Dominic J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND RAND-Qatar Policy Institute 2007, 2007
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Summary:The leadership of Qatar has a social and political vision that calls for improving the outcomes of the Qatari K-12 education system. With this vision in mind, the leadership asked RAND to examine Qatar's K-12 education system, to recommend options for building a world-class system, and, subsequently, to develop the chosen option and support its implementation. The option that was selected includes internationally benchmarked curriculum standards, national testing based on those standards, independent government-funded schools, and parental choice among schools using annual school report cards
Item Description:"Prepared for the Supreme Education Council.". - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Physical Description:xxxvii, 177 pages illustrations
ISBN:9780833040077
9781281181039
0833040073
128118103X