Education At A Glance: Oecd Indicators - 2006 Edition (education At A Glance Oecd Indicators)

« OECD฀INDICATORS฀2006 Across฀OECD฀countries,฀governments฀are฀seeking฀policies฀to฀make฀education฀more฀effective฀while฀ searching฀for฀additional฀resources฀to฀meet฀the฀increasing฀demand฀for฀education. 2006 Education฀at฀a฀Glance The฀2006฀edition฀of฀Education฀at฀a฀Glance฀enables฀countries฀to฀see฀themselves฀in฀the฀light฀of฀other฀ countries’฀performance.฀It฀provides฀a฀rich,฀comparable฀and฀up-to-date฀array฀of฀indicators฀on฀the฀ performance฀of฀education฀systems฀and฀represents฀the฀consensus฀of฀professional฀thinking฀on฀how฀to฀ measure฀the฀current฀state฀of฀education฀internationally.฀ Education฀฀ at฀a฀Glance OECD฀INDICATORS฀2006฀ 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฀student’s฀performance฀in฀key฀subject฀areas฀to฀the฀impact฀of฀education฀on฀earnings฀and฀ on฀adults’฀chances฀of฀employment. New฀material฀in฀this฀edition฀includes: The฀Excel™฀spreadsheets฀used฀to฀create฀the฀tables฀and฀charts฀in฀this฀book฀are฀available฀via฀the฀StatLinks฀ printed฀in฀this฀book.฀The฀tables,฀charts฀and฀the฀complete฀Education฀Database฀are฀freely฀available฀via฀the฀ OECD฀Education฀Web฀site฀at฀www.oecd.org/edu/eag2006. FURTHER฀READING Education฀Policy฀Analysis The฀full฀text฀of฀this฀book฀is฀available฀on฀line฀via฀these฀links: http://www.sourceoecd.org/education/9264025316 http://www.sourceoecd.org/emergingeconomies/9264025316 http://www.sourceoecd.org/transitioneconomies/9264025316 Those฀with฀access฀to฀all฀OECD฀books฀on฀line฀should฀use฀this฀link: http://www.sourceoecd.org/9264025316 SourceOECD฀is฀the฀OECD's฀online฀library฀of฀books,฀periodicals฀and฀statistical฀databases.฀฀ For฀more฀information฀about฀this฀award-winning฀service฀and฀free฀trials฀ask฀your฀librarian,฀or฀write฀to฀us฀at: [email protected] Education฀at฀a฀Glance฀฀฀OECD฀INDICATORS •฀ F ฀ urther฀analysis฀of฀results฀of฀the฀2003฀survey฀of฀the฀OECD’