ESSAY : Contemporary Issue in Education

Purpose
This activity provides you the opportunity to compose a critical response paper on a current issue related to education and public policy.
Using the flowing link please read the article that focuses on a contemporary issue in education and public policy.
Current Issues in Comparative Education http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/

The answer in this order –
-ARTICLE TITLE
-ARTICLE TOPIC
What is your article about?
-MAIN PURPOSE OF READING
What about this article caught your interest?
-HIGHLIGHTS/KEY POINTS
In a brief paragraph or two, or in bulleted form, what is the most important information? Summarize
-CONCLUSIONS
What conclusions does the author make? (and/or) What conclusions do you make?
-APPLICATION IDEAS
How can you use this information in your practice/job/life?
-RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHERS REGARDING FUTURE READING
To whom would you recommend reading this article? Are there other things by the author that seem interesting? Are there other things about the topic that seem interesting? Check the article’s references section for more reading.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

The Article Topic
The topic of the identified article is “Three Issues that Are Hurting the American Education System.”
What The Article Is About
This article provides a critical analysis of data presented by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) which presented a critical analysis of the performance of American students as compared to their international equivalents. This agency is mandated to evaluate the education system of worldwide after every three years. The article therefore presents evidence of how critical it is to re-evaluate the education system in comparison with other educational systems in the world. The basic assessment used to bring out how best the educational systems are was the evaluation of skills and knowledge of 15 year old leaners in all countries under the PISA umbrella….