1136.0 - A Directory of Education and Training Statistics, 2009

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Contents Introduction Statistical Collections Related Publications Education and Training - General Contents Expenditure and Costs Contents Higher Education Contents Labour Force Contents Early Childhood Education Contents Schools Contents Social Contents Vocational Education and Training Contents Indigenous Education and Training Statistics Contents Other Statistical or Research Reports Contents Classifications or Manuals Contents About this Release	EDUCATION AT A GLANCE: OECD INDICATORS CONTACT The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2, rue André Pascal F-75775 Paris Cedex 16 France Website http://www.oecd.org/home DESCRIPTION The 2008 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. 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 performance in key subject areas to the impact of education on earnings and on adults’ chances of employment. Many indicators include data for Australia, from ABS and other data sources. New material included in the 2008 edition includes data on entry to tertiary qualifications by field of study; socio-economic background and the role of parents in tertiary educational participation; the science skills of 15 year olds; efficiency of resource use; and the impact of assessment and evaluation in education. The framework for the OECD's indicators of Education System includes the following indicators: The output of educational institutions and the impact of learning A1 Educational attainment of the adult population A2 Current upper secondary graduation rates A3 Current tertiary graduation rates A4 Current tertiary survival rates A5 What 15 year olds can do in science A6 Socio-economic background of 15 year olds and the role of their parents A7 Socio-economic status and participation in higher education A8 Labour force participation by level of educational attainment A9 The returns to education: education and earnings A10 The incentives to invest in education Financial and human resources invested in education B1 Educational expenditure per student B2 Expenditure on educational institutions relative to gross domestic product B3 Public and private investment in educational institutions B4 Total public expenditure on education B5 Tuition fees charged by tertiary institutions and support for students and households through public subsidies B6 Expenditure in education on specific services and resources B7 Efficiency of expenditure in education Access to education, participation and progression C1 Prevalence of vocational programmes in education C2 Participation in primary, secondary and tertiary education C3 Student mobility and foreign students in education C4 Education and work status of the youth population C5 Participation in adult learning The learning environment and organisation of schools D1 Total intended instruction time for students in primary and secondary education D2 Class size and ratio of students to teaching staff D3 Teachers' salaries D4 Teaching time and teachers' working time D5 Impacts of evaluation and assessment within education systems D6 Decision makers in education systems D7 Who are the teachers? DISSEMINATION The publication series is best accessed from the OECD website, http://www.oecd.org/home/ Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.