EDUC 330: Comparative Education

Note: "After over 16+ years of making sense of data to improve education for development, EPDC has closed out. While most resources can still be accessed, this site is now static and most interactive features have been disabled." Under the Research tab, many published reports are still accessible.

The World Bank EdStats portal is a data and analysis source for key topics in education such as access, completion, learning, expenditures, policy, and equity.

Supports and facilitates European cooperation in the field of lifelong learning by providing information on education systems and policies in 38 countries and by producing studies on issues common to European education systems.

Supports a variety of activities to provide statistical data for cross-national comparisons of education.

Provides information about learning, curriculum development, and education systems of its member states. Note: As of 9/2022, the database search was not working well. The News section does contain recent information.

Comparable statistics on education and education systems organized by country from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

PISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges.

TIMSS and PIRLS are international assessments that monitor trends in student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading.