Center on International Education Benchmarking

NCEE Launches the Center on International Education Benchmarking
The new Center will conduct research on the world's most successful education systems. Its website will serve as a portal to information, analysis and opinion on the education systems of the top-performing countries from all over the world.
Video Available of NCEE's Book Signing and Briefing with Tom Friedman and Marc Tucker. On November 15, Tom Friedman, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author, sat down with Marc Tucker, President and CEO of NCEE, for a discussion moderated by Luke Russert about the failing state of the US education system and what we can do to get back on top.
Featured Education System: Canada
Not only has Canada emerged as an education leader on international assessments of student performance, but it has some of the most equitable outcomes in terms of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the world.
Dan Rather Reports: Take a Lesson from Singapore
On November 1, 2011, NCEE President Marc Tucker appeared on Dan Rather Reports to help explain why the United States has fallen so far behind other countries in terms of student achievement.
Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge
On January 12, Marc Tucker participated in a roundtable discussion sponsored by Education Week on the nation’s place among the world’s public education systems and the political, social, and cultural challenges America faces in meeting the demands of an interconnected world economy.
Pasi Sahlberg's new book Finnish Lessons
On bookshelves now, Pasi Sahlberg's Finnish Lessons describes the history of Finnish educational reform and examines the success of the Finnish education system today.
CIEB Advisory Board Member Vivien Stewart Writes New Book on High Performing Education Systems, A World-Class Education: Lessons from International Models of Excellence and Innovation
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Top Performing Countries

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US Data & Analysis

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International Resources

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Top of the Class

"Classroom Crush: Why classrooms in England may be set to expand," The Economist Read the full story
U.S. Department of Education to Host Education Leaders from Around the World for the 2012 International Summit on the Teaching Profession, Read the full release
"What American's Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success," The Atlantic Read the full story
"Education 2011: spending, class sizes, teachers pay and statistics compared by country," The Guardian Read the full story

Featured Education System: Canada

Dan Rather Reports: Take a Lesson from Singapore

Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge

Pasi Sahlberg's new book Finnish Lessons