Education at a glance : OECD indicators 2000 /

The 2005 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems. In doing so, it represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. The i...

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Corporate Author: Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris : OECD, 2000
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Table of Contents:
  • A. Context of education: A1. Relative size of the school-age population
  • A2. Educational attainment of the adult population
  • B. Financial and human resources invested in education: B1. Educational expenditure relative to gross domestic product
  • B2. Relative proportions of public and private investments in education
  • B3. Public subsidies to households
  • B4. Educational expenditure per student
  • B5. Educational expenditure by resource category
  • B6. Public funds by level of government
  • B7. Ratio of students to teaching staff
  • C. Access to education, participation and progression: C1. Overall participation in education
  • C2. Participation in and completion of secondary education
  • C3. Access to and participation in tertiary education
  • C4. Completion of and dropout from tertiary education
  • C5. Foreign students in tertiary education
  • C6. Students receiving additional resources to access the curriculum
  • C7. Participation in skill improvement training among the employed population
  • D. The learning environment and organisation of schools: D1. Statutory salaries of teachers in public primary and secondary schools
  • D2. Pre-service training requirements for new teachers
  • D3. Teaching time
  • D4. Total intended instruction time for pupils in lower secondary education
  • D5. Student absenteeism
  • D6. Decision-making about the curriculum in lower secondary education
  • D7. Computers in schools and their use
  • E. Individual, social and labour market outcomes of education: E1. Labour force participation by level of educational attainment
  • E2. Education and work among the youth population
  • E3. Specific situation of the youth population
  • E4. Expected years in education and work between the ages of 15 and 29
  • E5. Earnings and educational attainment
  • F. Student achievement: F1. Mathematics achievement of students in the 4th and 8th grades
  • F2. Differences in student's attitudes towards science in the 4th and 8th grades
  • F3. 4th and 8th grade students`beliefs about performing well in mathematics
  • Annex 1. Typical graduation ages
  • Annex 2. Basic refrence statistics
  • Annex 3. Sources, methods and technical notes
  • Glossary.