Ep. 45 Resources | Anna Stokke
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2023: International Results in Mathematics and Science (all countries, including Canada) TIMSS 2023 U.S. Results Credit to Jazmin Boisclair for this helpful resource page.

Ep. 43 Resources | Anna Stokke
The transcript for this episode is here. You can listen to the episode here: Chalk & Talk Podcast. SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) on the right to read SBAR: The Right to Read in Nova Scotia (Authored by Jamie Metsala, 2022) Reports and Inquiries Right to Read Inquiry Report (Ontario Human Rights Commission, 2022) Lifting the Curtain on EQAO Scores (International ...

Podcast | Anna Stokke
Sponsors Chalk & Talk is supported by a grant from La Trobe University and by The Trottier Family Foundation through a grant to the University of Winnipeg. Podcast Reach As of October, 2025, Chalk & Talk episodes have been downloaded more than 250,000 times and regularly charts among the top education podcasts in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. It is the only podcast in ...

What Ontario can learn from England's education policy changes
While other Western countries declined in math, England improved, becoming the highest-performing non-East Asian country on the international TIMSS Grade 8 mathematics assessment. England’s reforms offer important lessons for Ontario. The core challenge is not simply resources, but the dominance of progressivist education ideologies.

Ep. 36 Resources | Anna Stokke
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Ep. 46 Transcript | Anna Stokke
There's really significant concern on international rankings and international tests that our rankings are either falling, so we're either being, we're either staying still and other countries are working out how to run their education systems better, but on a number of items, a number of measures of reputable reasonable international tests ...

Ep. 8 Transcript | Anna Stokke
We start with a discussion about PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), which is an international assessment written by 15-year-olds around the world. We discuss what's required to become a teacher in Finland and Singapore and what teacher [00:01:00] professional development looks like in Japan.

Ep. 43 Transcript | Anna Stokke
And International Dyslexia Association Ontario in 2021 actually put out a report called Lifting the Curtain on EQA Scores. And an important issue that I'll comment on, there were many in the report, is that students are also able to use either assistive technology or a scribe when they do those tests.

Ep 60. Rebuilding teacher training through cognitive science with Jonas ...
In this episode, Anna talks with Dr. Jonas Linderoth, a professor of education at the University of Gothenburg, about how influential educational ideas have shaped the teaching profession and why evidence from cognitive science and educational psychology still faces resistance in teacher education. They discuss how education reforms of the 1990s affected teacher status and student outcomes ...

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