Making Reforms Truly Transform: the Case of Philippine Basic Education

Looking at the analyses and issues raised on the dismal state of Philippine education, one is confronted with the realization that the issues raised are the same year after year. Has nothing been done to improve Philippine education? On the contrary, there have been quite a lot of frameworks for reform in the past 20 years alone; yet, their results have not translated into large-scale, integrated, and sustained outcomes. Why? This writeup provides the reasons.decentralization, basic education, education programs, Philippine Human Development Report (PHDR), education governance, school-based management, education reform, Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)

How Do Philippine Provinces Fare in Terms of Human Development?

Ranking provinces in terms of human development, which provinces fared well and which fared badly across time in each of the components of the human development index? This Policy Note, based on Chapter 3 of the latest Philippine Human Development Report (PHDR), provides the answers. Read on...Philippines, human development, human development index (HDI), Philippine Human Development Report (PHDR), provincial human development index

National Norms for Entering College Freshmen—Fall 1970

This report presents national normative data on characteristics of students entering colleges as first-time freshmen during the summer and fall of 1970. It is the fifth in the series of annual reports which was initiated in 1966 as part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program conducted by the Office of Research of the American Council on Education. As the first step in implementing this longitudinal research program in any given year, a survey is made of entering freshmen through administration of the Student Information Form. These data are weighted to provide a normative picture of the college freshmen population for use by persons engaged in guidance, counseling, administration, educational research, and manpower studie

The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1971

This report presents national normative data on characteristics of students entering colleges as first-time freshmen during the early part of the 1971-72 academic year. It is the sixth in a series of annual reports initiated in 1966 as part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) conducted by the Office of Research of the American Council on Education