Top Ten Ways to Become a High-Performing System

1. Long-term vision2. Sustained leadership3. Ambitious standards4. Make equity an operational reality5. High-quality teachers and school leaders

Top Ten takeaways continued

6. Alignment and coherence 7. Intelligent accountability 8. Effective use of resources 9. Student motivation and engagement10. Global and future orientation

China: From the Cultural Revolution to Educational Giant

1966-76: Cultural Revolution-schools closed1976-86: Universal primary education achieved1988-Nine years of basic education required1990-Upper secondary schools expand1999-2009: Higher education expands from 6 million to 29.8 million students The world’s largest school system serving 20% of the world’s students

Improving quality- Shanghai

Mid-1990s…reforms focus on qualityModernizing curriculumEnglish as a second language from elementary Enhance quality of teachers in rural areasTry to reduce emphasis on public examsModernize pedagogy2009: Shanghai tops world on PISA in reading, math and science

Shanghai: turning around low-performing schools

Millions of rural-urban migrantsPair high-performing schools with lower

performing schools“Strong school receives contract to improve

“weak” schoolPrincipal works with principal; master

teachers work with teachers on instructionAchievement gap between top and bottom

reduced

China’s Education Roadmap 2010-2020

Universal preschool for one year90% complete upper secondaryHigher education enrollment increase to 40%

of cohortReduce financing disparitiesBring up bottom schoolsModernize curriculum re problem-solvingIncrease the number of world-class

universities