This 2004 edition of Education Policy Analysis includes articles on the role of non-university institutions in tertiary education; gaining returns from investments in ICT; the challenges lifelong learning poses for schools; and taxes and lifelong learning.
Education Policy Analysis 1997 is the companion volume to OECD's statistical annual, Education at a Glance 2007. It includes articles on key issues, including costs and expenditures, human capital, adult literacy, educational failure and success, and tertiary institutions' response to new interests.
Among the key policy implications that follow from this analysis are the following tasks for governments and tertiary education systems: • to improve quality and to ensure that all young people successfully master core learning ...
Education Policy Analysis 2005-2006 includes articles on achieving quality, equity and efficiency in higher education; the growing international market in higher education; valuing teachers; formative assessment and gender differences and mathematics: performance.
Quality assurance and the recognition of foreign diplomas: These are two crucial aspects of educational policies to promote ... students only makes sense if they are allowed entry – ideally easy entry – in order to pursue their studies.
In supporting children’s development, countries invest in the future successes of economies and societies. Awareness of the critical role early childhood education and care (ECEC) plays in setting a strong foundation for children’s learning, development and well-being has grown among policy makers worldwide.
Initial preparation should therefore now cover a broad range of areas, including playful learning, transitions, diversity and family engagement. This is also the case for the new common curriculum developed for ETB programmes, ...
Guidelines for Collecting, Reporting and Using Data on Innovation, 4th Edition
What is innovation and how should it be measured? Understanding the scale of innovation activities, the characteristics of innovative firms and the internal and systemic factors that can influence innovation is a prerequisite for the pursuit and analysis of policies aimed at fostering innovation.
Both methods require questions to be heard, which can require changes to question formats compared to visual survey methods. Interviewers must be trained in interview techniques and how to answer ...
The Republic of North Macedonia has made remarkable progress in expanding access to education and strengthening institutional capacity. Yet, the majority of young Macedonians leave school without mastering the basic competencies for life and work and students’ background continues to influence performance. This review, developed in cooperation with UNICEF, provides North Macedonia with recommendations to help strengthen its evaluation and assessment system, by moving towards a system where assessment provides students with helpful feedback to improve learning.
EFC (2015), Evaluation of the Early Childhood Development Programme in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Final evaluation report, Education for change Ltd (EFC), http://www.efc.co.uk (accessed on 10 August 2018).
Spain has undertaken a series of reforms over the last decade to strengthen the government’s ability to deliver high-quality services to citizens and businesses, while enhancing transparency and accountability. One major effort spearheaded by the National Audit Office (Oficina Nacional de Auditoría or ONA) is the continuous supervision system (SSC), a risk-based methodology that acts as a litmus test for the financial health, effectiveness and sustainability of public institutions.
In addition, to further define the role of the IGAE in relation to the SSC, the Ministry of Finance and Civil Service ... Office (Oficina Nacional de Contabilidad, ONC), responsible for the planning and management of public accounting.
The COVID-19 pandemic was a forceful reminder that education plays an important role in delivering not just academic learning, but also in supporting physical and emotional well-being. Balancing traditional “book learning” with broader social and personal development means new roles for schools and education more generally.
Although it is virtually impossible to measure, this chapter contends that learning (or more accurately what people understand by the term, “learning”) as an activity, at this time in the digital era has become a practice suffused with ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are major breakthrough technologies that are transforming the economy and society. The OECD’s Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Skills (AIFS) project is developing a programme to assess the capabilities of AI and robotics, and their impact on education and work.
It also displays definitions and sub-processes for the transversal skills of problem solving, collaboration, creative thinking, learning in a digital world and global competence on the basis of PISA 2012, 2015 and 2018 assessment ...
This report examines modern childhood, looking specifically at the intersection between emotional well-being and new technologies. It explores how parenting and friendships have changed in the digital age. It examines children as digital citizens, and how best to take advantage of online opportunities while minimising the risks. The volume ends with a look at how to foster digital literacy and resilience, highlighting the role of partnerships, policy and protection.
Emotional Well-being in the Digital Age OECD Burns Tracey, Gottschalk Francesca ... [21] OECD (2016), Policy Brief on the Future of Work: Skills for a Digital World, www.oecd.org/els/emp/Skills-for-a-Digital-World.pdf.
