Improving Schools [electronic resource] : Strategies for Action in Mexico
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2010.
This report develops comparative knowledge for reforms in teacher and school management policies in the context of an OECD member country: Mexico. Mexico's education outcomes can be improved by enhancing the effectiveness of its schools. The standards gap between the performance of students in Mexico and other OECD countries can only be reduced if schools become good at what they do. This report looks at key issues and challenges faced by the Mexican education system and provides policy recommendations on school management, leadership and teacher policies. These recommendations have been devel
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IMPROVING SCHOOLS: STRATEGIES FOR ACTION IN MEXICO; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1 - CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION REFORM; High-performing countries show that improvements are possible; Box 1.1 - A new OECD methodology to support education policy implementation across countries; Figure 1.1 - The relationship between socio-economic background and performance in science; Figure 1.2 - Cross-country comparison of 15 year-old students' performance in science
Figure 1.3 - Proportion of 25-34 year-olds who did not complete education to upper secondary levelFigure 1.4 - Percentage of the population attaining at least upper secondary education; What are the guiding principles for high-performing education systems?; Box 1.2 - Defining goals to guide educational improvement: selected examples; Box 1.3 - Aligning policies and actors with the education strategy in Ontario, Canada; Box 1.4 - Institutions supporting large-scale improvement across selected OECD countries; Box 1.5 - The Austrian Leadership Academy; Characteristics of Effective Schools
Table 1.1 - Key characteristics of effective schoolsConclusion; References; CHAPTER 2 - WORKING TOWARDS EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT IN MEXICO; Education can foster social and economic progress; Table 2.1 - Relative progress in social indicators across OECD countries; Progress and challenges facing the Mexican education system; Table 2.2 - Some of the key school programmes in Mexico; A large system with potential for improvement; Table 2.3 - Size and structure of the Mexican education system; Figure 2.1 - Performance of 15-year-old students in Mexico compared with the OECD average
Box 2.1 - A portrait of Mexico's schoolsFigure 2.2 - Behaviours that directors report hinder schools' instruction across countries; Figure 2.3 - Demographic pressure compared to education coverage; Figure 2.4 - Distribution of current expenditure on educational institutions for primary,secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education; Figure 2.5 - Mexican education expenditure by level of government, 1990-2009; Box 2.2 - Selected school improvement programmes in Mexico; Box 2.3 - Enhancing capacity for reform: the OECD-Harvard Seminarfor Leaders in Education Reform
Conditions and principles for reform in MexicoConclusion; References; CHAPTER 3 - TEACHER CAREER PATHS: CONSOLIDATING A QUALITY PROFESSION; Teachers and teaching in Mexico; Figure 3.1 - Age and gender of teachers and school directors in lower secondary education; Figure 3.2 - Professional development taken by teachers in lower secondary education; Recommendation 1: Produce and implement a coherent, aligned set of standards for teachers; Box 3.1 - Classroom teaching performance standards for basic education; Box 3.2 - Professional standards for teachers in Chile, the United States and England
Box 3.3 - The need for teaching standards in Mexico, prepared by selected stakeholders from Mexico during the OECD-Harvard Seminar
This report develops comparative knowledge for reforms in teacher and school management policies in the context of an OECD member country: Mexico. Mexico's education outcomes can be improved by enhancing the effectiveness of its schools. The standards gap between the performance of students in Mexico and other OECD countries can only be reduced if schools become good at what they do. This report looks at key issues and challenges faced by the Mexican education system and provides policy recommendations on school management, leadership and teacher policies. These recommendations have been devel
Educational change -- Mexico.
Educational innovations -- Mexico.
School improvement programs -- Mexico.