TALIS - The OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey
The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) asks teachers and school leaders about working conditions and learning environments at their schools to help countries face diverse challenges.
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2018 TALIS Results: Teachers and School Leaders as Lifelong Learners and Valued Professionals
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Our Teaching and Learning International Survey covers about 260,000 teachers in 15,000 schools across 48 countries and economies.
Initial reports - Publications, media and related materials
- TALIS 2018 Results (Volume I): Teachers and School Leaders as Lifelong Learners
- TALIS 2018 Results (Volume II): Teachers and School Leaders as Valued Professionals
- TALIS 2018: Insights and Interpretations
Thematic reports - Publication, media and related materials
- Mending the Education Divide: Getting Strong Teachers to the Schools That Need Them Most
- Teachers Getting the Best out of Their Students: From Primary to Upper Secondary Education
- Positive High-achieving Students: What Schools and Teachers Can Do
Data | Participant notes | Compare your Country | Reports from participants | GPS Vol. I | GPS Vol. II
Areas of work
TALIS provides analysis that helps countries identify others facing similar challenges and learn about their policies.
The Teacher Knowledge Survey (TKS) assessment module is designed to provide objective and comparable measures of the specialised knowledge teachers have of teaching and learning, and whether this knowledge is updated with new research findings and adapted to 21st century skills.
The TALIS Video Study asks teachers and principals about teaching and learning conditions that research tells us improve teaching.
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Experienced teachers tend to work in socio-economically advantaged schools…
Note: Statistically significant differences are marked in a darker tone. Disadvantaged schools refer to those where more than 30% of the student body are from socio-economically disadvantaged homes. Advantaged schools refer to those where 10% or less of the student body are from socio-economically disadvantaged homes.
Source: OECD (2022), Mending the Education Divide: Getting Strong Teachers to the Schools That Need Them Most, TALIS, https://doi.org/10.1787/92b75874-en, Figure 2.2.
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How teachers learn
Read our new brochure, "How Teachers Learn: An OECD Perspective", prepared for the G7 ministerial meeting on education (4 July, 2019).
