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How do teachers become knowledgeable and confident in classroom management : Insights from a pilot study
(OECD, 2017-11)The Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning (ITEL) Teacher Knowledge Survey is the first international study to explore the nature, function and development of teachers’ pedagogical knowledge, i.e. what teachers know ... -
How do teachers teach? : Insights from teachers and students
(OECD, 2017)Almost all mathematics teachers across participating countries use clear and structured teaching practices, according to both teachers and students. A vast majority of teachers also use student-oriented practices and ... -
How does class size vary around the world?
(OECD, 2012-11)In OECD countries, the average class size at the lower secondary level is 23 students, but there are significant differences between countries, ranging from over 32 in Japan and Korea to 19 or below in Estonia, Iceland, ... -
How does PISA assess science literacy?
(OECD, 2016-11)Every three years, in December, it’s PISA time around the world. The education community in participating economies eagerly awaits the latest results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (coming out ... -
How does PISA measure students’ ability to collaborate?
(OECD, 2017-10)Every three years, PISA measures students’ competencies in science, reading and mathematics. Mastering the core school subjects and applying one’s knowledge to familiar settings, however, is not sufficient to thrive in life. ... -
How has Internet use changed between 2012 and 2015?
(OECD, 2018-04)In the growing world of digital technology everything is about speed: computer processors have doubled their performance every two years for decades; the future 5G mobile phone generation is predicted to be about 100 times ... -
How has student performance evolved over time?
(OECD, 2015-01)Improvement in PISA performance is not related to geography, national wealth or culture. In most cases, the countries that show significant improvement in PISA performance – Brazil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Tunisia ... -
How Has the Global Economic Crisis Affected People with Different Levels of Education?
(OECD, 2012-01)Between 2008 and 2009, unemployment rates across OECD countries increased among people at all educational levels, but rose to especially troubling heights among people without an upper secondary education. In 2009, the ... -
How have schools changed over the past decade?
(OECD, 2015-06)The quantity and quality of resources available to schools improved significantly between 2003 and 2012, on average across OECD countries. Greater financial investments in education provided schools with better teaching ... -
How have teachers’ salaries evolved and how do they compare to those of tertiary-educated workers?
(OECD, 2017-07)The combined effects of policy reforms to attract and/or retain teachers, and financial constraints in the context of the economic downturn in 2008 may explain part of the recent trends in teachers’ salaries: decreases in ... -
How is depression related to education?
(OECD, 2018-03)People with higher educational attainment are less likely to report depression than those with lower education attainment. Women are more likely to report having depression than men at all levels of educational attainment, ... -
How is equity in resource allocation related to student performance?
(OECD, 2014-10)How educational resources are allocated is just as important as the amount of resources available. High-performing countries and economies tend to allocate resources more equitably across socio-economically advantaged and ... -
How is participation in sports related to students’ performance and well-being?
(OECD, 2018-07)Sports play a vital role in students’ life. Playing sports on a regular basis can reduce the risks of obesity, anxiety disorders, low self-esteem and bullying among adolescents, and it can help them live a more active and ... -
How is students’ motivation related to their performance and anxiety?
(OECD, 2019-01)In almost all participating education systems, 15-year-old students who report greater motivation to achieve also perform better in the PISA assessment. Students in socio-economically advantaged environments perform better ... -
How Much Can We Generalize from Impact Evaluations?
(Stanford University, 2016-05)Impact evaluations aim to predict the future, but they are rooted in particular contexts and to what extent they generalize is an open and important question. The author exploit a new data set of results on a wide variety ... -
How Much Do Programmes Pay? Transfer size in selected national cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa
(UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2015)Over the past decade, more than a dozen government-run cash transfer programmes have been launched in sub-Saharan Africa, and there is growing evidence of their ability to improve a range of development outcomes. However, ... -
How much do tertiary students pay and what public support do they receive?
(OECD, 2016-05)OECD countries differ significantly in the way spending on tertiary education is shared between public and private sources of funding, and in the financial support they provide to students. Countries with high tuition fees ... -
How much of a problem is bullying at school?
(OECD, 2017-07)For the first time, the 2015 round of PISA collected data on students’ exposure to bullying. These data show that bullying is widespread. On average across OECD countries, around 11% of students reported that they are ... -
How Much Time Do Teachers Spend on Teaching and Non-teaching Activities?
(OECD, 2015-02)The annual number of teaching hours of teachers differs greatly from one country to another and tends to decrease as the level of education increases. On average across countries, teachers spend half of their working time ... -
How Often Is the Misfit of Item Response Theory Models Practically Significant?
(National Council on Measurement in Education, 2014)Standard 3.9 of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999) demands evidence of model fit when item response theory (IRT) models are employed to data from tests. Hambleton and Han (2005) and Sinharay ...