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The foundations of formal learning are laid in primary and secondary school, but they can easily be undermined by social disadvantage and language barriers. OECD aims to help countries foster quality teaching in preschools and schools to ensure all students - regardless of circumstances - lay the grounds for a lifetime of learning. Find out more.

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Teacher Education for Diversity Survey

from 17-Nov-2008 to 05-Dec-2008

The survey provides a voice to teachers, student teachers, and teacher educators in 30 countries and is an opportunity to influence education policy and programmes. It asks about your preparation for diversity in the classroom, your biggest challenges, and what you think are the most effective strategies.

Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes: Best Practices to Assess the Value-Added of Schools

24-Nov-2008

How can school performance be measured accurately to improve learning outcomes? "Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes” proposes a value-added model of measuring which provides a fair, precise and quantitative tool for assessing students’ progress. Unlike some league tables which rely on raw test scores, value-added modelling measures what students have learnt while in school by monitoring their performance at two or more points in time.

 

OECD/PEB Follow-up to the Wenchuan Earthquake

21-Oct-2008

School buildings were the most heavily affected structure during the great Wenchuan earthquake, and student and teacher populations suffered heavy losses of life. In the wake of the earthquake, the OECD, and PEB in particular, offered to help China improve earthquake safety in schools.
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This book proposes a value-added model of measuring which provides a more fair, precise and quantitative tool for assessing students’ progress.

Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes: Best Practices to Assess the Value-Added of Schools

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Across OECD countries nearly one in three adults has only primary or lower secondary education.

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Find out how early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy has progressed in OECD countries.

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