This publication is an introduction to OECD's collection of internationally comparable data on education and learning. It includes data on enrollment and attainment, impacts on jobs and incomes, educational spending, class size and instruction time, and performance of education systems. Key topics include: (1) education levels and student numbers (how far have adults studied, and what access do young people have to education); (2) the economic benefits of education (how does education affect people's job prospects and what is its impact on incomes); (3) paying for education (what share of publ
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This publication is an introduction to OECD's collection of internationally comparable data on education and learning. It includes data on enrollment and attainment, impacts on jobs and incomes, educational spending, class size and instruction time, and performance of education systems. Key topics include: (1) education levels and student numbers (how far have adults studied, and what access do young people have to education); (2) the economic benefits of education (how does education affect people's job prospects and what is its impact on incomes); (3) paying for education (what share of public spending goes on education, and what is the role of private spending); (4) the school environment (how many hours do teachers work and how does class size vary); and (5) PISA, a special section that introduces findings from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which examines the abilities of 15-year-old students in 57 countries and territories. Each indicator is presented on a two-page spread. The left-hand page explains the significance of the indicator, discusses the main findings, examines key trends and provides readers with a roadmap for finding out more in the OECD education databases and in other OECD education publications. The right-hand page contains clearly presented charts and tables, accompanied by dynamic hyperlinks (StatLinks) that direct readers to the corresponding data in Excel format.
Published abstract.
'Education at a glance: OECD indicators 2008' is indexed at TD/TNC 93.987.
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