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International Comparative Studies in Education: Descriptions of Selected Large-Scale Assessments and Case Studies
To determine the yield of language curricula in different countries. What percentage of students reach a basic, threshold level of proficiency in specific languages? What percentages reach an advanced, fluent proficiency? What differences in yield exist between and within countries?
To describe the scope and content of language curricula in different countries. What are the key features of foreign and second language curricula (number of languages taught, levels of student participation, starting ages, duration, intensity)? What exemplary possibilities for foreign and second language education exist?
To identify the factors related to differences in yield in language curricula. To what extent are the difference in yield at the national level, the school level, and the individual level related to differences in curricula for language education? What is the impact of out-of-school opportunities on the learning and uses of foreign and second languages? To what extent do such relations between yield, curriculum factors, and environmental factors vary within and between countries?
To assess needs and promising options for changes in foreign and second language curricula. Is the yield of language curricula sufficient for societal purposes in specific countries and educational jurisdictions? Which aspects of foreign and second language curricula call for change?
There is no precise, authoritative information on what language education is accomplishing around the world. Few countries know accurately what their own systems for language education are doing, how successful their language programs are in terms of national priorities, how useful they are for which types of students or purposes, or how they may compare to those of neighboring countries. The IEA Language Education Study is an effort to gather this information, which will be useful for educational policy and practice planning, and for socio-economic planning as well.
This comparative survey of language education will:
Determine what school systems around the world do and produce in language teaching and learning.
Develop international assessment standards and tests to define basic and advanced levels of communicative competence in key languages.
Describe the scope and content of school language curricula as well as societal conditions directly related to language learning.
Identify optimal configurations for school language learning appropriate to national priorities and situations.
Describe exemplary cases of school language teaching and learning, along with noteworthy innovations internationally.
Assess needs and recommend promising options for change in participating countries.
This study will provide:
overview information on national policies for education in foreign, second, and minority languages in about 60 countries
descriptions of language curricula based on surveys of students, teachers, and schools representative of secondary education in about 30 countries
descriptions, using internationally-validated tests, of the proficiency for communication that students in about 30 countries achieve in English, French, German, and other commonly
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