INCA Education around the world

About INCA


INCA is the International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks Internet Archive. It provides regularly updated descriptions of government policy on education in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales, and makes particular reference to the curriculum and assessment frameworks in place. The site also features specific sections describing initial teacher training policy across the Archive countries.  A description for South Africa will be added in 2007.

Production of the website is funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) in England and managed and updated by the Eurydice Unit for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Eurydice at NFER) at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The initial teacher training sections are funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

The INCA website concentrates on education provided in schools and to the 3-19 age range.

To access the available policy data, select the country and subject heading of your choice from the drop-down menus, select mainstream or special education, and ‘Go’. Or view the additional INCA website features – thematic probes, thematic studies, and comparative tables.

Country Archives
Country archives
Comparative tables
Thematic probes
Thematic studies
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