International Comparisons in Education

An international comparison of statistical data on primary education, secondary education, and higher education school systems across the country shows how the educational system improves over time, how fair they are, Provide feedback on how to compare. AIR is conducting numerous international educational research including the following.

Comparing international education NCES is also called international activity program and supports various activities and provides statistical data for comparing international education. The development of indicators and the implementation of international evaluation and survey are two main areas of activity. SACMEQ: The Southern and Eastern Africa Education Quality Monitoring Consortium (SACMEQ) has decided to collaborate to share the experience and expertise of educational planners in capacity development, including the international non-profit of 15 Ministry of Education in Southern and Eastern Africa It is a profit organization. Monitoring and evaluation of school educational situation and quality of education using scientific method

The difficulty of comparing the quality of education internationally has hindered attempts to incorporate quality indicators into school education in empirical analysis. However, in recent years, the existence of international achievement tests for groups of countries that are growing in a consistent way is beginning to make this comparison possible. For example, Hanushek and Kimko (2000) has established a common scale among countries, and by using a comprehensive measure of quality as another decision variable of the international growth equation, We incorporate information on the difference. inside that. Their results show that the difference in school quality has a big impact on economic growth. The standard deviation of the test results is related to 1% of the annual GDP growth rate.

In comparing international education, educators must understand the big differences in the test scores generated in the educational system. Social and demographic differences make international comparison of schools difficult. Japanese society pays more attention to education and compares Japanese and American students with apples and oranges. In addition, Japanese educate a homogeneous society and have a nationwide curriculum. Japanese teachers are promoted to government level, but this reflects the importance of occupation.