Session Information
23 SES 12 C, The Globalization of Reform
Symposium
Contribution
In 2000 Norway was the second from the bottom of Nordic countries on PISA and its average results declined further in 2003 and 2006, placing it tied at the bottom. When the 2009 results were released however, Norway had made sharper gains than any other country—so much so that Norwegian results could converge with Finland’s in 2012. How did Norway achieve this turnaround? Two members of an OECD Norway Steering Group will present their findings of an investigation with a special focus on lower secondary schools. Recent Norwegian strategies related to a “Knowledge Promotion” curricular reform, improving teacher education, upgrading in-service professional development, and gathering and disseminating data will be described. In addition, remaining challenges such as a high drop-out rate in upper secondary school, a narrow range of instructional repertoires for teachers, and school leaders’ greater focus on management than learning will be identified. Norway presents an intriguing case that is overcoming a rather disconnected and unsystemic approach to educational improvement by blending elements of Third and Fourth Way strategies.
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