This infographic was developed by Cambodia jointly with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which assisted in the design of the report and provided input, guidance and assistance in its development. The infographic is published under the responsibility
Under Asian Development Bank’s Quality Primary Education in the North Pacific pilot project, the Early Grade Learning Assessment (EGLA) instrument was developed with Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction support. The EGLA is a tool that enables education practitioners to identify
Phase I As part of the LEAP programme, launched by UNESCO Bangkok in 2015, NEQMAP carried out a mapping study (phase I) on learning assessments (including public examinations) in the Asia-Pacific region conducted since 2005. The purpose of this activity
The Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific Secretariat, at UNESCO Bangkok, launched a mapping study on learning assessments (including public examinations) in the Asia-Pacific region conducted since 2005. The purpose of this activity was to map national practices
To mark the 10th year of the ASER exercise, this supplemental report presents trends over time in enrollment, reading, arithmetic and English for children in rural India. The assessment tools for each of these three domains are comparable over time.
As governments and donors focused on increasing access in the wake of the Millennium Development Goals, the issue of learning received comparatively little concerted attention. Some organizations working in countries where access was rapidly increasing took notice of the fact
To thrive in a rapidly evolving, technology-mediated world, students must not only possess strong skills in areas such as language arts, mathematics and science, but they must also be adept at skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, persistence, collaboration and
The ASER survey is an innovative approach to measure children’s learning, first developed in 2005 in rural India and often regarded as the largest citizen-led, annual household survey in education in India. It records whether sampled children between the ages
ASER Pakistan (2009?2013) is a citizen-led learning assessment exercise that collects evidence at the grass roots level from each child one on one, and has the capability of bringing evidence back to the doorsteps of parents to help them understand
“What is important for citizens to know and be able to do?” That is the question that underlies the world’s global metric for quality, equity and efficiency in school education known as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), administered
The story of Korean education over the past 50 years is one of remarkable growth and achievement. Korea is one of the top performing countries in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey and among those with the highest
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys, which take place every three years, have been designed to collect information about 15-year-old students in participating countries. It is now recognised that the future economic and social well-being of countries
This country notes provides an overview of PISA 2012 results for Japan. It shows that students in Japan remain higher performers in mathematics, reading, and science. They even improved significantly in reading between 2009 and 2012. Among OECD countries, Japan
We place this report against the enormously complex backdrop of English language education in India, trying to match aspiration to reality and looking at evidence of how much English India’s school-going children are actually learning, certain only of the fact
This study report uses the data from PISA to analyze the high performance of countries with a particularly focus on Japan. Learning outcomes, learning environment, how the Japanese education system is organised, and education policies are discussed to find the
