School Resources Review
The School Resources Review aims to help countries make resource decisions that support quality, equity and efficiency in school education. The Review provides country-specific and comparative analysis on the use of financial, physical and human resources in school systems. It offers policy advice on how to govern, distribute and manage resources so that they contribute to achieving countries’ educational objectives.
Areas of Work
Thematic comparative reports
Our thematic comparative reports synthesise the Review’s major findings on school resource policies. The reports bring together evidence from research and country practice to explore policy options for governments to consider.
Working and Learning Together: Rethinking Human Resource Policies for Schools
Responsive School Systems: Connecting Facilities, Sectors and Programmes for Student Success
The Funding of School Education: Connecting Resources and Learning
Country-specific reports
Our country-specific work provides detailed descriptions and analyses of national school resource policies. OECD Country Review Reports are based on intensive study visits to participating countries and provide analyses of strengths and challenges as well as tailored policy advice. Country Background Reports are prepared by participating countries themselves following a common framework.
Reports for Participating Countries - OECD Country Review Reports
Reports for Participating Countries - Country Background Reports
Working papers
Our literature reviews provide in-depth discussions of research findings on specific themes that are relevant to the Review.
More time at school: Lessons from case studies and research on extended school days
Not enough hours in the day: Policies that shape teachers' use of time
Innovating teachers' professional learning through digital technologies
Policies to support teachers' continuing professional learning
Learning in rural schools: Insights from PISA, TALIS and the literature
Regulating Publicly Funded Private Schools
The School Resources Review
| The School Resources Review was launched in 2013 to gather evidence on how school resource policies work in different contexts and help countries exchange best practices and learn from one another. |
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The Review draws together evidence-based policy lessons from international data, academic research Design and Implementation Plan: Guidelines for Country Background Reports: |
The Review methodology is based on countries working collaboratively with the OECD Secretariat. It involves examining country-specific policy issues, and placing these experiences within a broader analytical framework to generate insights relevant to all OECD countries. |
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News and Events
On 11 July 2023, the Resourcing School Education for the Digital Age team released the report "Shaping Digital Education: Enabling Factors for Quality, Equity and Efficiency".
On 29 November 2022, the Schooling, Teachers and Teaching team launched the report "Value for Money in School Education: Smart Investments, Quality Outcomes, Equal Opportunities".
On 15 March 2022, the Schooling, Teachers and Teaching team released an Education Policy Review on Quality and Equity of Schooling in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
In January 2021, the OECD launched a new umbrella project on schooling, teachers and teaching. Read the project description.
The seventh meeting of the Group of National Experts on School Resources took place on 22 June 2020, back-to-back with the annual project meeting of the Teachers’ Professional Learning Study on 23 June 2020. The meetings were organised remotely via Zoom with a reduced agenda focussing on issues of highest relevance in the context of the Covid-19 crisis.
A webinar was organised on Thursday 14 November 2019 for the launch of the project's third thematic report: Working and Learning Together: Rethinking Human Resource Policies for Schools.