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News & Events
News
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28-Aug-2008
Good teachers are the number one factor for excellence in student achievement but next comes high-quality leadership. Governments must do more to recruit and train the best people to run schools, according to a new OECD publication.
In today’s education world, school principals have a vital role to play in modernising entire education systems, says Improving School Leadership, a two-volume report drawing on evidence from 19 countries.
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11-Dec-2007
Scotland's schools receive high marks in the latest OECD Review of National Policies for Education, which notes that Scotland has one of the most equitable and best performing education systems in OECD countries.
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04-Dec-2007
OECD’s latest PISA survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds shows that some countries have seen significant improvements in student performance since 2000.
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29-Nov-2007
Finland once again takes the number one spot in OECD's three-yearly PISA test of the abilities of a sample of 15-year old secondary-school students, followed by Hong Kong (China) and Canada in second and third place, according to advance details of results that will be published in full next week.
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10-May-2007
Background reports analyse national approaches to school leadership, focusing on school governance and leadership, on how school leadership and learning outcomes, on attractiveness of the role and training and professional development of school leadership.
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Review of Education in the Dominican Republic
22-Feb-2006
In December 2005, site visits were carried out for a review on education in the Dominican Republic. This review was requested and financed by the Dominican authorities. The international team who conducted the site visits included experts from the USA, Ireland, France, Chile and Brazil.
A meeting to discuss the review will take place toward the end of 2006 and a publication will follow.
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Peer Review of Education in Mauritius
22-Feb-2006
In 2005, the ADEA and the Ministry of Education of Mauritius signed a Framework for Co-operation for a peer review exercise in Mauritius. It aims to develop recommendations for the further improvement of education provision in terms of Mauritian national goals. The recommendations are from the Dakar Framework of Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals.
A site visit of international experts from Benin, Kenya, Nigeria, OECD and UNESCO was carried out in November 2005.
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10-Feb-2006
As part of the OECD project on "Education development for Disabled and at Risk Students in South Eastern Europe", education ministries have been invited to participate in activities to address capacity building in the field of statistics and data gathering. Country-specific micro-projects will be implemented in 2006/2007.
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Events
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from 01-Oct-2008 to 07-Oct-2008
This review is based on co-operation between the OECD and non-member economies around the world. It is particularly interesting for those involved in educational policy, as well as for professionals directly working in the education system of South Africa. It covers the entire system of education, from pre-school to tertiary education and lifelong learning, and analyses it in terms of its economic, social and political impact.
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on 04-Dec-2007
How have 15-year old students performed in the 57 countries that participated in OECD's 2006 PISA - Programme for International Student Assessment - tests? Results of PISA 2006 will be published at 10.00 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday 4 December 2007, with news conferences and media briefings that day in Tokyo, Brussels, Berlin, London, Washington and Paris.
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from 22-May-2007 to 23-May-2007
The conference will discuss the evaluation of the OECD activity on “Education Development for Students at Risk & those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe” with national & international stakeholders to develop concrete perspectives for future support; provide information about relevant international & European developments with regard to education for special needs students & raise awareness for support of inclusive practices amongst policy makers at all levels; provide a platform for discussion between education Ministries, the donor community, IOs and NGOs.
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from 24-Oct-2005 to 25-Oct-2005
The first Forum on the theme of The Challenges for Education in a Global Economy, co-hosted with the Chilean Ministry of Education, was held in Santiago on 24-25 October 2005. This event drew on the networks of education officials and experts established since 1991 through the Directorate for Education’s Programme for Co-operation with non OECD Economies.
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