Gulf Research Meeting, Day 2. Please visit my website for more information: http://www.comparative-education.com/

2. Workshop Objectives
2. Identify areas of
1. Identify how large- educational policy
scale data is being interest in order to
used for evidenced- synthesize large-scale
based policymaking data and apply it to
in the Gulf. educational
problems in the Gulf.
3. Develop a draft plan or
recommendations for the
evaluation and investigation of
large-scale data for use in
evidence-based policymaking
among Gulf education leaders.

3. Workshop Objectives
2. Identify areas of
1. Identify how large- educational policy
scale data is being interest in order to
used for evidenced- synthesize large-scale
based policymaking data and apply it to
in the Gulf. educational
problems in the Gulf.
3. Develop a draft plan or
recommendations for the
evaluation and investigation of
large-scale data for use in
evidence-based policymaking
among Gulf education leaders.

4. Workshop Objectives
2. Identify areas of
1. Identify how large- educational policy
scale data is being interest in order to
used for evidenced- synthesize large-scale
based policymaking data and apply it to
in the Gulf. educational
problems in the Gulf.
3. Develop a draft plan or
recommendations for the
evaluation and investigation of
large-scale data for use in
evidence-based policymaking
among Gulf education leaders.

5. How can large-scale education data help Gulf
educators and students rise to the top?
Infrastructure + Capacity + Sustainability = Culture
CREATE
DEVELOP TESTING
SUSTAINABLE
& ASSESSMENT
MODELS &
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROCEDURES
BUILD CAPACITY IN
RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS, ATTITUDES &
VALUES

6. What makes Gulf education unique?
* push for rapid development (leapfrogging
development stages)
* potential resource availability, financial base
* penetration of cultural and religious values (in
many parts of system, but not all)
*both observed and perceived socio-cultural shifts
because of Western origins of education and
national level borrowing/targeting Western
models
* acceptance + resistance to Western influences?

7. Infrastructure
* training and preparation system for using large
scale data as policy evidence base...among
national and regional policy makers as well as
teachers/etc
* resources and facilities for implementing large
scale data collection and analysis, which includes
everything from printing facilities to sophisticated
statistical software for processing and analyzing
data
* integrated international assessment system for
national benchmarking and evaluation

8. Capacity-building
* data familiarity/expertise
* evidence-based accountability
* statistical understanding
* data driven policy making
* national agendas for standards development and
alignment with data base
* mechanisms for translating data-based education
policy to local needs and implementation

9. Sustainability
* Gulf-based/origin for data/policy capacity
* integration of assessment culture with Gulf
society/culture
* expertise with large scale data built within gulf
education systems
* establishment or development of an education culture
(knowledge society)--based on the production,
exchange and commodification of
information/data/knowledge
*** balance between western borrowing, development
capacity, embedded expertise and the evidence base