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Education at a Glance 2008
OECD Indicators
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This 2008 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems in OECD countries and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. The indicators look at who participates in education, what is spent on it and how education systems operate and at the results achieved. The latter includes indicators on a wide range of outcomes, from comparisons of students’ performance in key subject areas to the impact of education on earnings and on adults’ chances of employment.
New material in this edition includes: entry rates in tertiary education by field of study; data on the skills of 15-year-olds in science; an analysis of the socio-economic background of 15-year-olds and the role of their parents; data on the extent to which the socio-economic status of parents affects students' participation in higher education; data on the returns to education; data on the governance of higher education institutions; an analysis of efficiency in the use of resources; data on evaluations and assessments within education systems; and a comparison of the levels of decision-making in education across countries
Excel® spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the StatLinks printed in this book. The tables and charts, as well as the complete OECD Online Education Database, are freely available via the OECD Education website at www.oecd.org/edu/eag2008.
Table of contents:
Foreword
Editorial
Introduction
Reader's Guide
CHAPTER A. THE OUTPUT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE IMPACT OF LEARNING
-Indicator A1. To What Level Have Adults Studied?
-Indicator A2. How Many Students Finish Secondary Education and Access Tertiary Education?
-Indicator A3. How Many Students Finish Tertiary Education?
-Indicator A4. How Many Students Complete and Drop Out of Tertiary Education?
-Indicator A5. What Can 15-Year-Olds Do in Science?
-Indicator A6. What Are Parents' Perceptions Related to School and Science Learning?
-Indicator A7. Does Parents' Socio-Economic Status Affect Students' Participation in Higher Education?
-Indicator A8. How Does Participation in Education affect Participation in the Labour Market?
-Indicator A9. What Are the Economic Benefits of Education?
-Indicator A10. What Are the Incentives to Invest in Education?
CHAPTER B. FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES INVESTED IN EDUCATION
-Indicator B1. How Much is Spent per Student?
-Indicator B2. What Proportion of National Wealth is Spent on Education?
-Indicator B3. How Much Public and Private Investment is There in Education?
-Indicator B4. What is the Total Public Spending in Education?
-Indicator B5. How Much do Tertiary Students pay and What Public Subsidies do They Receive?
-Indicator B6. On What Resources and Services is Education Funding Spent?
-Indicator B7. How Efficiently Are Resources Used in Education?
CHAPTER C. ACCESS TO EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION AND PROGRESSION
-Indicator C1. How Prevalent are Vocational Programmes?
-Indicator C2. Who Participates in Education?
-Indicator C3. Who Studies Abroad and Where?
-Indicator C4. How Successful are Students in Moving from Education to Work?
-Indicator C5. Do Adults Participate in Training and Education at Work?
CHAPTER D. THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANISATION OF SCHOOLS
-Indicator D1. How Much Time do Students Spend in the Classroom?
-Indicator D2. What is the Student-Teacher Ratio and How Big are Classes?
-Indicator D3. How Much Are Teachers Paid?
-Indicator D4. How Much Time Do Teachers Spend Teaching?
-Indicator D5. How are Evaluations and Assessments Used in Education Systems?
-Indicator D6. What is the Level of Decision Making in Education Systems?
ANNEX 1. Characteristics of Education Systems by Country
ANNEX 2. Reference Statistics
ANNEX 3. Sources, Methods and Reference Notes
References
Contributors to this Publication
Related OECD Publications
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