Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
OECD PISA 2012 2013	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Assessment Education policy Education research +5 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Why textbooks count 2014	Tim Oates	Education theory	Cambridge Assessment
How the world's best performing school systems come out on top 2007	Sir Michael Barber and Dr Mona Mourshed	Education theory	McKinsey and Company
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2012	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory View all	International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Exploring the characteristics of education systems which are successful in science July 2015	Dr Newman Burdett, Bethan Burge et al	International policy Regional / location differences Science/(STEM) +2 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
How children succeed: grit, curiosity and the hidden power of character January 2013	Paul Tough	Education theory View all	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Reversing underachievement among gifted secondary students 2013	Dr Beth Winton	International policy Learning styles and cognitive development Pupil development and support +2 more	University of Missouri
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) December 2016	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	International policy Performance and accountability Science/(STEM) +1 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 November 2016	The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement	Education research International policy Science/(STEM) +2 more	International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
The smartest kids in the world: and how they got that way October 2013	Amanda Ripley	Education theory	Simon and Schuster
Surpassing Shanghai: an agenda for American education built on the world’s leading systems November 2011	Marc S. Tucker	International policy Regional / location differences Using education research +1 more	Harvard Education Publishing Group