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Education: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy

28-Jun-2011

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.

Japan must continue reforms in tertiary education, says OECD

05-Mar-2009

In recent years, Japan has made significant progress in modernising its tertiary education system but reforms of the system must continue to respond to current social and economic pressures in Japan.

A New Challenge for the OECD

04-Dec-2007

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

Addressing Japanese business representatives, Angel Gurría underlined that the OECD is gradually turning into a genuine engine of convergence between developed and developing economies. He stressed important ...

PISA 2006: Video on science learning in Japan

04-Dec-2007

Watch a short video on how students in Japan approach and learn science. Japan is one of the participating countries of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006.

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

PISA 2009 Results

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This report will prove to be an invaluable resource for all those interested in the broad international picture of education, as well as for those wanting to know more about OECD work in this important domain.

Education Today 2010: The OECD Perspective

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The 2011 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance.

Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators