Education at a Glance 2001 [electronic resource] : OECD Indicators
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Innovation, Centre for Educational Research and.
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2001.
This 2001 edition of Education at a Glance - OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators. The indicators represent the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. They provide information on the human and financial resources invested in education, on how education and learning systems operate and evolve, and on the returns to educational investments. The thematic organisation of the volume and the background information accompanying the tables and charts make this publication a valuable resource for any
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""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The OECD education indicators""; ""The 2001 edition of Education at a Glance""; ""Future perspectives""; ""Highlights""; ""The outcomes of learning""; ""The returns to investment in learning""; ""Access to education and study patterns""; ""The transition from education to work""; ""Investment in education""; ""The learning environment and the organisation of schools""; ""Readerâ€?s Guide""; ""Coverage of the statistics""; ""Calculation of international means""; ""ISCED levels of education""; ""Symbols for missing data""; ""Country codes""
""Countries participating in the 2000 OECD/UNESCO World Education Indicators programme...""""Chapter A.  Context of education""; ""Indicator A1.  Relative size of the school-age population""; ""Chart A1.1. Relative size and expected changes of the population at the age of primary/lower secondary education (1999)""; ""Policy context""; ""Evidence and explanations""; ""Chart A1.2. Relative size and expected changes within the youth population (1999)""; ""Chart A1.3. Impact of demography on expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP, and the ratio of students to teaching...""
""Definitions and methodologies""""Table A1.1. Relative size and expected changes of the school-age population""; ""Indicator A2.  Educational attainment of the adult population""; ""Chart A2.1. Educational attainment of the population (1999)""; ""Policy context""; ""Evidence and explanations""; ""Chart A2.2. Educational attainment of the population, by age group (1999)""; ""Chart A2.3. Gender differences in educational attainment, by age group (1999)""; ""Definitions and methodologies""; ""Table A2.1a. Educational attainment of the population (1999)""
""Table A2.1b. Educational attainment of the labour force (1999)""""Table A2.2a. Population that has attained at least upper secondary education (1999)""; ""Table A2.2b. Population that has attained tertiary education (1999)""; ""Table A2.2c. Educational attainment of the population, by gender (1999)""; ""Indicator A3.  Links between Human Capital and Economic Growth""; ""Chart A3.1. Decomposition of changes in annual average growth rates of GDP per capita""; ""Policy context""; ""Evidence and explanations""; ""Definitions and methodologies""
""Table A3.1. Decomposition of changes in annual average growth rates of GDP per capita""""Chapter B.  Financial and human resources invested in education""; ""How much is spent on education?""; ""Who pays for education?""; ""How are funds allocated?""; ""Classification of expenditure""; ""Diagram""; ""Indicator B1.  Educational Expenditure Per Student""; ""Chart B1.1. Changes in expenditure per student and underlying factors, tertiary education (1998)""; ""Policy context""; ""Evidence and explanations""; ""What this indicator covers and what it does not cover""
""Expenditure per student in equivalent US dollars""
This 2001 edition of Education at a Glance - OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators. The indicators represent the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. They provide information on the human and financial resources invested in education, on how education and learning systems operate and evolve, and on the returns to educational investments. The thematic organisation of the volume and the background information accompanying the tables and charts make this publication a valuable resource for any
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