Trinity University

Susie P. Gonzalez
susie.gonzalez@trinity.edu
210-999-8445
Jan. 11, 2012

International Education Policy Adviser to Speak at Trinity University

Expert to be joined by Mayor Julian Castro and education leaders in panel discussion

SAN ANTONIO -An education policy adviser at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will present findings of an international study that examines educational performance at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Trinity University.

Andreas Schleicher, special adviser on Education Policy to the OECD's secretary-general and head of the indicators and analysis division in Paris, will speak in the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall on the Trinity campus. Following his remarks, he will join a panel discussion that will include Mayor Julian Castro, state Rep. Michael Villarreal, Harlandale ISD Superintendent Robert Jaklich, and David Anthony, CEO of Raise Your Hand Texas. They will explore implications that the findings have for education in San Antonio and Texas at large.

The free event is sponsored by Trinity University's Center for Educational Leadership. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.  Trinity President Dennis A. Ahlburg will open the presentation.  

Schleicher oversees the PISA exam - OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment - and the international ranking of countries based upon their educational performance.  He will present the latest PISA results and lessons in education to be learned from the highest performing nations. Among the findings he will discuss are how the world's highest performing countries recruit, train, and retain teachers; school leadership in the high-performing countries; and key aspects of standardized assessment in those countries, said Shari Becker Albright, the Norine R. Murchison Distinguished Professor of Practice and chair of Trinity's education department.

The PISA exam measures whether students are well prepared for future challenges in terms of their ability to analyze, reason, and communicate effectively. The study has discovered, for example, the benefits of reading to children at an early age, regardless of socio-economic status.

For more information, contact Trinity's education department at 210-999-7501.