Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators

ISBN: 9789264114203 Publication: 13/9/2011 (click on the image to download the publication)

Across OECD countries, governments are having to work with shrinking public budgets while designing policies to make education more effective and responsive to growing demand.

The 2011 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. It provides a broad array of comparable indicators on education systems and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. The indicators show who participates in education, how much is spent on it, and how education systems operate. They also illustrate a wide range of educational outcomes, comparing, for example, student performance in key subjects and the impact of education on earnings and on adults’ chances of employment. The Excel™ spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the StatLinks printed in this book.

New material

New material in this edition includes:

• an analysis of tuition-fee reforms implemented since 1995;
• indicators on the relationship between social background and learning outcomes;
• indicators on school accountability in public and private schools;
• an indicator on the fields of education chosen by students;
• an indicator on labour market outcomes of students from vocational and academic programmes;
• indicators on the scope of adult education and training;
• indicators on student engagement in reading.  

Data

      

Indicators are available below as .PDF files. In order to view the data in ExcelTM, open the .PDF file, and click on the statlinks directly beneath the individual charts and tables

Chapter A - The Output of Educational Institutions and the Impact of Learning

• Indicator A1. To what level have adults studied?
• Indicator A2 - How many students finish secondary education?
• Indicator A3 - How many students finish tertiary education?
• Indicator A4 - To which fields of education are students attracted?
• Indicator A5 - Does student background affect student performance?
• Indicator A6 - Are students who enjoy reading better readers?
• Indicator A7 - How does educational attainment affect participation in the labour market?
• Indicator A8 - What are the earnings premiums from education?
• Indicator A9 - What are the incentives to invest in education?
  .....   A user's guide to Indicator A9 -Incentives to invest in education
• Indicator A10 - How expensive are graduates to hire?
• Indicator A11 - What are the social outcomes of education?

Chapter B - Financial and Human Resources Invested In Education

• Indicator B1 - How much is spent per student?
• Indicator B2 - What proportion of national wealth is spent on education?
• Indicator B3 - How much public and private investment in education is there?
• Indicator B4 - What is the total public spending on education?
• Indicator B5 - How much do tertiary students pay and what public subsidies do they receive?
• Indicator B6 - On what resources and services is education funding spent?
• Indicator B7 - Which factors influence the level of expenditure?

Chapter C - Access to Education, Participation and Progression

• Indicator C1 - Who participates in education?
• Indicator C2 - How many students will enter tertiary education?
• Indicator C3 - Who studies abroad and where?
• Indicator C4 - Transition from school to work: where are the 15-29 year-olds?
• Indicator C5 - How many adults participate in education and learning?
  ..... Technical standards for indicator C5 - Adult learning activities

Chapter D - The Learning Environment and Organisation of Schools

• Indicator D1 - How much time do students spend in the classroom?
• Indicator D2 - What is the student-teacher ratio and how big are classes?
• Indicator D3 - How much are teachers paid?
• Indicator D4 - How much time do teachers spend teaching?
• Indicator D5 - How are schools held accountable?
• Indicator D6 - How equal are educational outcomes and opportunities?

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• Corrigendum
• Coding of Missing Data (UOE Source)
• Annex 1: Characteristics of educational systems
• Annex 2
  ..... Reference statistics (Chapter B)
  ..... Reference statistics (Chapter D)
• Annex 3: Sources, methods and technical notes
  .....  Chapter A: The output of educational institutions and the impact of learning
  .....  Chapter B: Financial investment in education
  .....  Chapter C: Access to education, participation and progression
  .....  Chapter D: The learning environment and organisation of schools
• Glossary 
• Online Education Database

How to obtain this publication

Readers can access the full version of Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators choosing from the following options:

• Download the publication
  (Download the German version)
• Subscribers and readers at subscribing institutions can access the online edition via iLibrary.
• Non-subscribers can purchase the PDF e-book and/or paper copy via our Online Bookshop.
• Order from your local distributor
• Government officials with accounts (subscribe) can go to the "Books" tab on OLIS.
• Access by password for accredited journalists

EAG2011 navigator by country

• This ExcelTM-based tool will allow you to view one country’s performance and compare it to that of other countries on a number of indicators published in Education at a Glance.

Additional material

• Highlights from Education at a Glance 2011
• Editorial: Fifty years of change in education