Education: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy

Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and the Internet to learn. The next best performers were New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hong-Kong China and Iceland.

PISA 2009 Results: Students On Line: Digital Technologies and Performance (Volume VI)

This sixth volume of PISA 2009 results explores students’ use of information technologies to learn.

Improving Schools

Tailored education policy country reviews! A team from the Education and Traning policy division works to support individual OECD member and partner countries in the design and effective implementation of education policies.

Overcoming School Failure: Spanish National Report May 2011

The objective of this report is to describe the progress of the Spanish education system as regards policies towards equity and inclusion and towards reducing school failure in the past five years, taking as a reference the OECD’s Report (2007): No more failures: Ten Steps to Equity in Education.

Overcoming School Failure: Background Report for the Czech Republic June 2011

The Czech Republic has a long tradition of a highly differentiated education system. Tracking occurs very early.

OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Denmark

Denmark holds high ambitions to improve student outcomes and deserves credit for gaining broad agreement from all major stakeholders in efforts to stimulate an assessment and evaluation culture in compulsory education.

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Establishing a Framework for Evaluation and Teacher Incentives: Considerations for Mexico

In order to assist Mexico and other countries in addressing this challenge, this report provides advice for designing, planning, implementing and evaluating policies and practices on educational assessment, standards and evaluation, drawing on the world’s best available expertise.

Education and Training Policy - Projects

Within the Directorate for Education, the Education and Training Policy Division draws together lessons learned and provides constructive policy advice to help countries improve educational outcomes.

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PISA 2009 at a Glance

PISA 2009 at a Glance is a companion publication to PISA 2009 Results, the six-volume report on the 2009 survey conducted by the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

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PISA - Quality Time for Students: Learning in and out of School

Using PISA data from 2006, this report focuses on how 15-year-old students use learning time, both in and out of school.