By Rebecca Winthrop and Kate Anderson Simons. In recent years, the global community has developed a range of initiatives to inform the post-2015 global development agenda. In the education community, International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) have an important role to play in advancing a global shift in focus to access plus learning. However, there are a number of other assessment tools that could also inform global progress in education and learning. More...
Scholars Criticize Academia.edu Proposal to Charge Authors for Recommendations
By Corinne Ruff. When Scott F. Johnson got an email on Wednesday from Academia.edu asking if he was interested in paying "a small fee" to get his future papers considered for recommendation by the website’s editors, he thought it was a scam. More...
