Promoting Excellence in Turkey's Schools
The education system in Turkey has shown remarkable improvement since 2003 in terms of better student performance and reduced inequality with a concurrent and sustained increase in enrollments. The expansion of primary and secondary schooling was a...
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| Format: | Other Education Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/18023851/promoting-excellence-turkeys-schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16049 |
| Summary: | The education system in Turkey has shown
remarkable improvement since 2003 in terms of better student
performance and reduced inequality with a concurrent and
sustained increase in enrollments. The expansion of primary
and secondary schooling was accompanied by the development
of new curriculum in primary and secondary education,
especially since 2004. A recent independent assessment of
the revised secondary school curriculum regarded it as an
improvement over the curriculum used in the past. Curriculum
reform was accompanied by initiatives to improve the
teaching profession policies. This report finds that most of
the progress in the education system since 2003 has been the
result of a combination of the overall socioeconomic
progress being made in Turkey and increased effectiveness in
the delivery of education. The Government's educational
policies have contributed to the improvements in education
outcomes including curriculum reform, phased modernization
of teaching and learning materials and practices, stronger
focus on measuring learning outcomes through large scale
national and international assessments, and enhanced
monitoring and evaluation systems. This report continues the
work undertaken in the previous World Bank (2011) report
which examined a cross section of countries that
participated in Program for International Student Assessment
(PISA) 2009, and pointed out that the average 15 year old in
Turkey is school year behind the average Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) counterpart in
reading, math, and science skills. This report will analyze
the evolution of regional and income inequalities in PISA
scores, the overall effectiveness of the delivery of
education in Turkey, and identify areas on which
policymakers can focus to further improve educational
outcomes. The report pays particular attention to the role
played by improved teaching and greater school
accountability in improving educational outcomes. |
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