Education policy: some international perspectives
At No More Marking, we’re based in the UK, but we run English-language writing assessments in a number of different countries.
There are some interesting cross-national trends in education at the moment in favour of the science of learning, phonics instruction and knowledge-rich curriculums.
In this post I’ll do a quick survey of what’s happening in various parts of the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.