Education

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    PISA - Let's Read Them a Story! The Parent Factor in Education

    The report examines whether and how parents’ involvement is related to their child’s proficiency in and enjoyment of reading -- and it also offers comfort to parents who are concerned that they don’t have enough time or the requisite academic knowledge to help their children ...

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    Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education

    This series of videos, produced jointly by the OECD and the Pearson Foundation, highlights initiatives being taken by education authorities around the world to help school students do better.

    OECD educationtoday - Global perspectives on education

    An insider look at new findings in international student performance, skills, early childhood education, education innovation and more.

    PISA - Measuring student success around the world

    If you’re not quite sure what PISA is or does, this video will help you to understand why the OECD’s number-crunchers trigger such intense debate about the state of education around the world every time they release the results of the latest PISA survey.

    OECD Skills Strategy

    OECD is preparing a Skills Strategy with the aim of fostering a cross-government, peer-learning approach towards improving the supply of, anticipating the demand for, and optimising the use of skills in the workforce to promote economic growth and social ...

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    Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

    PISA 2009 Results presents the findings from the most recent PISA survey, which focused on reading and also assessed mathematics and science performance.

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