BBC – Sean Coughlan
“Trillions of dollars are spent on education reforms around the world without any effective evaluation to see if changes have worked, says the OECD. The economic think-tank is warning there is too much political investment in announcing new policies, rather than checking on what they achieve. Only about one in 10 education reforms launched since 2006 have been assessed for their impact, the OECD says. The report was launched at the Education World Forum in London. This international conference of education ministers and experts was told that schools policy needed more emphasis on long-term evidence rather than short-term, politically driven changes of direction.”(more)