Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) offers "an inspiring and widely supported philosophy of education", according to the online summary of a major review due to be published next week.
Experts at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produced their analysis after the Paris-based body was invited to assess progress in implementing CfE.
Their much-anticipated report is due to be published on Monday.
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In an advance online summary, the OECD says the full document will set out a series of recommendations to "support Scotland as it further enhances CfE to achieve its potential for the present and future of its learners".
The summary states: "Students in Scotland... engage in learning through Curriculum for Excellence, which aims to provide them with a holistic, coherent, and future-oriented approach to learning between the ages of 3 and 18.
"CfE offers an inspiring and widely supported philosophy of education. Schools design their own curriculum based on a common framework which allows for effective curricular practices.
"In 2020, Scotland invited the OECD to assess the implementation of CfE in primary and secondary schools to understand how school curricula have been designed and implemented in recent years.
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"This report analyses the progress made with CfE since 2015, building upon several months of observations in Scotland, the existing literature and experiences from other OECD countries."
It adds: "The OECD analysis and recommendations aim to support Scotland as it further enhances CfE to achieve its potential for the present and future of its learners.
"Just as Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence was among the pioneers of 21st century learning, its most recent developments hold valuable lessons for other education systems and their own curriculum policies."
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