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OECD’s PISA survey shows some countries making significant gains in learning outcomes

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.

Finland takes number one spot in OECD's latest PISA survey, advance figures show

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.

Improving School Leadership Background Reports are now available

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.

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.

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.

Micro-projects on Statistics and Data Gathering (SENDDD)

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.

School Factors Related to Quality and Equity: Results from PISA 2000

05-Apr-2005

This report looks at the extent to which the schools that students attend make a difference in performance; the relative impact of school climate, school policies and school resources on quality and equity;  the relationship between the structure of education systems and educational quality and equity;  and the effect of decentralisation and privatisation on school performance.

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