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027 _aRAND/MG-548-QATAR
035 _a(Sirsi) a510983
037 _c$30.00
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050 4 _aLA1435
_b.E38 2007
245 0 0 _aEducation for a new era :
_bdesign and implementation of K-12 education reform in Qatar /
_cDominic J. Brewer ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2007.
300 _axxxvii, 177 pages ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"RAND-Qatar Policy Institute."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-177).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Qatar and Its Education System -- Analysis of Qatar's Education System -- The Reform Model -- Realizing the Independent School Model: Refined Design and Implementation Strategy -- Building the Organizational Structure -- Developing the Curriculum Standards and Supporting Their Implementation -- Developing the Assessment System -- Establishing the Independent Schools -- Challenges of a Rapid and Comprehensive Reform -- Accomplishments, Recommendations, and Implications -- Appendix: RAND Staff.
520 _aThe 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. This monograph describes Phase I (2001-2004) of the Qatari education reform initiative, Education for a New Era, based on RAND's experiences as part of this ambitious effort involving Qataris and Qatari organizations, and international consultants and contractors.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
650 0 _aEducation and state
_zQatar.
650 0 _aEducation
_zQatar.
700 1 _aBrewer, Dominic J.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aAugustine, Catherine H.,
_d1968-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aZellman, Gail.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aRyan, Gery Wayne.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aGoldman, Charles A.,
_d1964-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aStasz, Cathleen,
_d1947-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aConstant, Louay.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aRand-Qatar Policy Institute.
710 2 _aRAND Education (Institute)
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aQatar.
_bSupreme Education Council.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG548/
999 _c597761
_d597761