OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes - Country Background Report for Sweden

This report was prepared by the Ministry of Education and Research as an input to the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. The document was prepared in response to guidelines the OECD provided to all countries.

Reviews of National Policies for Education - Chile’s International Scholarship Programme

This report reviews Chile’s scholarship abroad scheme and provides an overview of best practices for scholarship programmes at the international level. In addition it analyses the design and institutional framework of the Chilean programme and recommends ways to maintain and improve the scheme.

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PISA Computer-Based Assessment of Student Skills in Science

This report analyses the results of an electronically-delivered test in science literacy pioneered by PISA in Denmark, Iceland and Korea. It presents 15-year-olds’ achievement scores and explains the impact of information communication technologies on both males’ and females’ science skills

AHELO Brochure - second version (August 2010)

The Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) is a direct evaluation of student performance and will provide data on the relevance and quality of teaching and learning in higher education.

The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland (EDU Working Paper No. 49)

Increasing the share of vocational secondary schooling has been a mainstay of development policy for decades, especially in formerly socialist countries. However, the transition to market economies led to restructuring of school systems and a decline in the number of vocational students.

Education, Alcohol Use and Abuse Among Young Adults in Britain (Education Working Paper No.50)

In this article we explore the relationship between education and alcohol consumption. We examine whether the probability of abusing alcohol differs across educational groups.

Education: Key tables from OECD

The key tables on education include data on tertiary graduation rates, entry rates, attainment, relative earnings, public expenditure. Historical data refer to the latest eight time periods.

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Vocational Education and Training in Austria - Strengths, Challenges and Recommendations: Pointers for policy development

The Austrian VET system has a number of strengths: The dual system has many commendable features, with well-structured apprenticeships that integrate learning in schools and workplace training and youth unemployment rates are low.

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13th OECD Japan Seminar "Pursuing Professional Development and Attaining Programme Management and Leadership Quality in ECEC"

The purpose of this OECD Japan seminar is to enable stakeholders in ECEC such as policy makers, academics, professional bodies, practitioners, parents, media, and journalists at local (sub-national), national, regional and international level to huddle together and canvass the issues.

Learning for Jobs, OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training: Options for China

Many strengths are apparent in the Chinese system for vocational education and training in upper secondary schools. The strengths include: The establishment of 9 year schooling with almost all children in China now completing lower secondary education.

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