02476nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003800112020003500150020001800185027002400203040002100227035002100248043001200269050002500281245016900306260004100475300003500516500005000551520092700601533015201528546002401680650002201704650003201726655002901758700002301787710003301810710003101843710002201874710003901896710001701935856012601952ebr10227035CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||080507s2007    caua    s     000 0 eng d  z  2006027019  z9780833041654 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0833041657 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9780833044266  aRAND/MG-548/1-QATAR  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)560523343  aa-qa---14aLA1435b.E383 2007eb00aEducation for a new erah[electronic resource] :bdesign and implementation of K-12 education reform in Qatar : executive summary /cDominic J. Brewer ... [et al.].  aSanta Monica, Calif. :bRAND,c2007.  a1 v. (various pagings) :bill.  a"Prepared for the Supreme Education Council."  aThe leadership of Qatar has a social and political vision that calls for improving the outcomes of the Qatari K-12 education system. With this vision in mind, the leadership asked RAND to examine Qatar's K-12 education system, to recommend options for building a world-class system, and, subsequently, to develop the chosen option and support its implementation. The option that was selected includes internationally benchmarked curriculum standards, national testing based on those standards, independent government-funded schools, and parental choice among schools using annual school report cards. This executive summary provides an overview of Phase I (2001-2004) of the Qatari education reform initiative, Education for a New Era, based on RAND's experiences as part of this ambitious effort involving Qataris and Qatari organizations, and international consultants and contractors. An Arabic translation is included.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.  aEnglish and Arabic. 0aEducationzQatar. 0aEducation and statezQatar. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aBrewer, Dominic J.2 aRand-Qatar Policy Institute.2 aRand Education (Institute)2 aRand Corporation.1 aQatar.bSupreme Education Council.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10227035zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view