PISA 2009 database

PISA is a survey of students' skills and knowledge as they approach the end of compulsory education. Rather than examining how well students have learned the school curriculum, it looks at how well prepared they are for life beyond school.

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Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for the United States

The US' performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is benchmarked against high performing and fast improving countries/economies participating in PISA

Reviews of National Policies for Education: Kyrgyz Republic 2010: Lessons from PISA

This report was prepared to help the authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic better understand the reasons for the dramatically low performance of Kyrgyz students in the 2006 PISA survey, despite significant resources and efforts invested in education by schools, parents and government.

Reviews of National Policies for Education: Santa Catarina State, Brazil 2010

This report will be useful for professionals in Santa Catarina as well as their Brazilian and international counterparts.

Using Student Test Results for Accountability and Improvement: A Literature Review (EDU Working Paper No. 54)

This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning using student test results in OECD countries. Initially the report provides an overview of how student test results are reported in OECD countries and how stakeholders in these countries use and perceive of the results.

Taking on the Completion Challenge: A Literature Review on Policies to Prevent Dropout and Early School Leaving (EDU Working Paper No. 53)

This paper reviews international research in the field of dropout from upper secondary education and training in OECD countries in order to present possible solutions to policymakers faced with the completion challenge.

OECD Education Ministerial Meeting: Investing in Human and Social Capital - New Challenges

Education ministers met at the OECD on 4-5 November 2010. They focused on how to foster human and social capital for the benefit of their post-crisis economies and societies.

OECD-Ontario Seminar on Improving Equity in Education, Toronto, 26 October 2010

The OECD-Ontario Seminar on Improving Equity in Education, held in Toronto on 26 October 2010, was jointly organised by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the OECD to discuss Ontario’s policies and strategies, in the framework of the OECD project Overcoming School Failure: Policies that Work.

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Avaliações de Políticas Nacionais de Educação: Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil

Esta análise da OCDE apresenta uma breve visão global do setor da educação no Estado de Santa Catarina e das suas recentes evoluções.

Evaluación y reconocimiento de la calidad de los docentes: Prácticas internacionales

La calidad de un sistema educativo sólo puede ser tan buena como la de sus maestros. Este libro señala algunas prácticas recomendadas para el diseño y la instrumentación de los sistemas de evaluación y de incentivos docentes.

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