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Education Policy Outlook: Mexico
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Fitzpatrick, Manuela; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Golden, Gillian; Crosby, Shiana – OECD Publishing, 2018
This updated policy profile on education in Mexico is part of the Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across OECD countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base, the series offers a comparative outlook on education policy. This country…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Does Money Buy Strong Performance in PISA? PISA in Focus. No. 13
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OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
This issue will show that strong performers do not invest scarce resources in smaller classes, but in higher teachers' salaries. They are neither the countries that spend the most on education, nor are they the wealthiest countries; rather they are the countries that are committed to providing high-quality education to all students in the belief…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Educational Quality, Resource Allocation, Foreign Countries
An Exploration of Reasons for Shanghai's Success in the OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009
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Minxuan, Zhang; Lingshuai, Kong – Frontiers of Education in China, 2012
The outstanding performance of Shanghai students in the 4th Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009) gained widespread attention at home and abroad. In this paper, the authors attribute this outstanding performance to three traditional factors and six modern factors. The traditional factors are high parental expectations, belief…
Descriptors: International Education, Compulsory Education, Personnel Selection, Educational Change
Public and Private Schools: How Management and Funding Relate to Their Socio-Economic Profile
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OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
In most PISA-participating countries and economies, the average socio-economic background of students who attend privately managed schools is more advantaged than that of those who attend public schools. Yet in some countries, there is little difference in the socio-economic profiles between public and private schools. Why? An analysis of PISA…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools
Education Policy Outlook: Netherlands
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Zapata, Juliana; Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Albiser, Etienne; Yee, Hyo Jeong; Skalde, Annette; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2014
This policy profile on education in the Netherlands is part of the new Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base available…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Education Policy Outlook: Mexico
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Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Zapata, Juliana; Albiser, Etienne; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2013
This policy profile on education in Mexico is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectoral knowledge base, the series…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement