On March 13th and 14th policy makers and teachers from around the world met in Amsterdam for the 2013 International Summit on the Teaching Profession. Panel topics included: How is teacher quality defined by policy makers, the teaching profession and society? How is teacher quality evaluated? What systems are in place and how are the evaluations carried out? How do evaluations contribute to school improvement and teacher self - efficacy? And more. Visit the official website to learn more.

Ben Levin is professor and Canada Research Chair in Education Leadership and Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the Univeristy of Toronto. Dylan Wiliam is Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the University of London’s Institute of Education where he recently completed a term as the Institute’s Deputy Director.

CIEB President Marc Tucker and Pasi Salhberg, of the CIEB International Advisory Board and director general of the Center for International Mobility and Cooperation in Helsinki, joined Okhwa Lee of Chungbuk National University in South Korea and host Tom Ashbrook to discuss two different paths to the very top in education, and what the U.S. can learn from each.