This reports draws on data from the UIS and OECD to examine the two global education and economic landscapes: Continued ascent of the knowledge economy, and the explosive growth of higher education worldwide.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2012

Towards Universal Learning : What Every Child Should Learn

This report, the first in a series, produced by the Learning Metrics Task Force, presents a global framework of learning competencies that go beyond literacy and numeracy to include physical and social well-being as well as culture and the arts.

Publication from UIS/Brookings Institute

Year: 2013

World Social Science Report 2010 : Knowledge Divides

Social scientific knowledge is at risk in the parts of the world where it is most needed. While we may be building a ’knowledge society‘, it is one that looks very different depending on one’s regional perspective.

Publication from UNESCO/International Social Science Council

Year: 2010

Education for All (EFA) Goal #5 : Gender Equality

This Asia-Pacific* End of Decade Note (EDN) on Education for All (EFA) highlights the need for interventions to address the underlying values and norms that foster gender inequality and that are conveyed and reinforced in the learning process.

Publication from UNESCO/UNICEF

Year: 2012

Education for All (EFA) Goal #6: Quality Education

This Asia-Pacific* End of Decade Note (EDN) on Education for All (EFA) shows that quality of education, especially for those in disadvantaged communities, remains poor, and are often unable to respond to the diverse constraints to quality learning.

Publication from UNESCO/UNICEF

Year: 2012

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2012

In the 2012 yearbook for the UN Economic Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP), the UIS, amongst other organizations, provide datasets and contribute to the calculation of regional and economic aggregates of the report.

Publication from UNESCAP

Year: 2012

From Access to Equality : Empowering Girls and Women through Literacy and Secondary Education

The Report puts in perspective the multiple benefits of investing in girls' and women's education with a focus on secondary education and literacy, it highlights enabling factors that contribute to closing the gender gap.

Publication from UNESCO

Year: 2012

Education for All (EFA) Goal #1 : Early Childhood Care and Education

This Asia-Pacific* End of Decade Note (EDN) on Education for All (EFA) shows that slow progress has been especially noted in the expansion of early childhood care and education, in reducing out-of-school numbers, and in improving the quality of education.

Publication from UNESCO/UNICEF

Year: 2012

Trends in International Student Mobility

In this report the UIS data on international student enrollment is analyzed to establish the key trends and patterns of international student mobility.

Publication from World Education Services

Year: 2012

Lao PDR : UNESCO Country Programming Document, 2012-2015

In this report, data shows that the greatest disparities in access to education in Lao PDR are linked to low socio-economic status, rural or isolated settings, gender, and ethnic or cultural divisions.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2012

Closing the Trained Teachers Gap

In this document UIS data shows that even though the vital importance of teachers is recognized huge gaps remain in the trained teacher workforce.

Publication from Global Campaign for Education

Year: 2012

Methodology for Building and Use

This document contributes reinforces domestic capacities on educational statistics for countries located in Central America and the Caribbean and represents a framework on indicators suitable for the challenge from education systems in the region.

Publication from OREALC/UNECLAC/UIS

Year: 2009

2013 Country Scorebook

In the 2013 Country Scorebook, the Millenium Challenge Corporation uses UIS education indicators to evaluate each candidate country's performance in this sector.

Publication from Millenium Challenge Corporation

Year: 2012

Finishing School : A Right for Children´s Development ; A Joint Effort (In Spanish)

UNICEF and UNESCO present the report entitled: "Completar la Escuela : Un Derecho para Crecer, un Deber para Compartir" on education in Latin America and the Caribbean (Summary available in English and Spanish).

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2012

Education Data Plan: Guide to Reporting International Statistics

This training manual is designed as a resource for consultants who work with countries, helping them to complete UIS questionnaires, and is designed to serve as a reference for the UIS, Field Offices1 and other field staff.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2009

Using the Results of a National Assessment of Educational Achievements

This volume provides a framework for measuring student learning outcomes, not only for monitoring a school system’s success but also for improving education quality in order to improve student learning, a critical challenge for developing countries.

Publication from World Bank

Year: 2009

Developing Tests and Questionnaires for a National Assessment of Educational Achievement

This volume covers mainly the activities of the test development manager and subject specialists, as well as pretesting arrangements and sampling, the logistical aspects of assessment including contacting schools, and data entry and data cleaning.

Publication from World Bank

Year: 2008

Assessing National Achievement Levels in Education

This introductory volume describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining the quality of education in the 1990s and 2000s.

Publication from World Bank

Year: 2008

Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution

A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education draws from UIS statistical data to examine the main engines of change and their impact on higher education.

Publication from UNESCO

Year: 2009

2012 World Education Indicators (WEI) Data Collection Manual

This manual includes definitions, explanations and instructions on teachers and the curriculum for the 2012 data collection.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

2012 UOE Data collection on Education Systems – Volume 1

This manual includes concepts, definitions and classifications for the 2012 UNESCO-UIS/OECD/Eurostat data collection on education statistics.

Publication from UIS/OECD/EUROSTAT

Year: 2012

2012 UOE Data collection on Education Systems – Volume 2

This manual includes questionnaires and instructions for completion and submission for the 2012 UNESCO-UIS/OECD/Eurostat data collection on education statistics.

Publication from UIS/OECD/EUROSTAT

Year: 2012

2012 UOE Data collection on Education Systems – Volume 3

This manual includes a user guide for the electronic questionnaires of the 2012 UNESCO-UIS/OECD/Eurostat data collection on education statistics.

Publication from UIS/OECD/EUROSTAT

Year: 2012

World Development Indicators 2012

The data on education inputs in this officially-recognized report is provided from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Publication from World Bank

Year: 2012

Systematic Monitoring of Education for All : Training Modules for Asia-Pacific

This series of training modules draws on UNESCO’s experiences over the past years in national capacity building for education monitoring to achieve objectives set under the Education for All (EFA) initiative.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2012

New Patterns in Student Mobility in Southern Africa Development Community

This information bulletin is based on data from the UIS, OECD and Eurostat examines new patterns in student mobility in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

Policy Research in Asia : Secondary Teachers in Thailand

According to UIS data, amongst other sources, Thailand has not yet achieved the goal of universal secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO

Year: 2011

World Development Report 2011

The 2011 report on "Conflict, Security, and Development" uses UIS data taken from the World Education Indicators (WEI) to contribute concrete, practical suggestions on conflict and fragility.

Publication from World Bank

Year: 2011

Primary School Curricula on Reading and Mathematics in Developing Countries

The purpose of this technical paper is to compile, analyse and describe commonalities and differences in the intended primary curriculum in reading and mathematics across a diverse set of developing countries.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

A Place to Learn : Lessons from Research on Learning Environments

This paper presents a comprehensive review of research on learning environments from multiple perspectives, including the physical conditions, psychosocial environment and the organizational climate of classrooms, schools and other learning spaces.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

Global Gender Gap Report 2011

The report draws upon data collected by the UIS to construct the Global Gender Gap Index pertaining to educational attainment.

Publication from World Economic Forum

Year: 2011

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2011

UIS data contribution and calculation of regional and economic aggregates on education and research and development are featured in this UN yearbook from the Economic Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP).

Publication from UNESCAP

Year: 2011

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Japan

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2011

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Malaysia

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2011

The Quantitative Impact of Conflict on Education

This technical paper study examines the impact of armed conflict on the population of 25 countries, finding substantial negative effects of exposure to conflict on educational attainment and literacy.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2011

Constructing an Indicator System or Scorecard for Higher Education : A Practical Guide

This practical handbook is used to monitor the implementation of public higher education policies, a need identified by work conducted by the UIS and IIEP in concert with statistics specialists and educational planners.

Publication from UIS/IIEP

Year: 2009

World Development Report 2012

The 2012 Report on "Gender Equality and Development" draws upon UIS data on education and literacy.

Publication from World Bank

Year: 2012

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Indonesia

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2010

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Mongolia

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Nepal

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Bangladesh

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2007

Interpreting the Country Profiles

Consult this document for help interpreting the data presented in Country profiles.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2011

Early Impact Assessment of the Global Financial Crisis on Education Financing: Country Case Studies

This paper presents key findings from an early impact assessment of the global financial crisis on education.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2009

Towards Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities: A Guideline

This report presents a chapter on statistical monitoring prepared by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment for South Asia

This report presents data and analysis provided by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Building Human Capacities in Least Developed Countries to Promote Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development

Highlights UIS data in describing UNESCO initiatives to reduce poverty in LDCs.

Publication from UNESCO

Year: 2011

The quantitative impact of conflict on education

This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2011 report.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2010

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Cambodia

This report features UIS data on secondary education

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base: Country Profile for Lao PDR

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Pakistan

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2010

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for the Philippines

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Thailand

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Viet Nam

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment for the Mekong Sub-Region

This report presents data and analysis provided by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment for Insular South-East Asia

This report presents data and analysis provided by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Investing in Education

This report provides an initial analysis of the data collected through the 1999 World Education Indicators (WEI) programme and compares its findings from OECD countries.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2000

Assessing Education Data Quality in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) : A Synthesis of Seven Country Assessments

This report outlines results arising from assessments of education data quality undertaken by the UIS in collaboration with national statisticians.

Publication from UNESCO-BREDA

Year: 2010

A View Inside Primary Schools : A World Education Indicators (WEI) Cross-National Study

This study highlights the strong effect of social inequality on primary education systems.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2008

WEI Survey of Primary Schools (WEI-SPS) Technical Report

Detailed information on the survey results presented in the publication entitled: "A View Inside Primary Schools".

Publication from UIS

Year: 2009

Financing Education, Investments and Returns

A report from the World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2003

Teachers for Tomorrow’s Schools

This report analyses education indicators developed as part of the UNESCO/OECD World Education Indicators Programme (WEI).

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2001

Education Counts : Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries

Produced through the World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2007

Education Trends in Perspective

The report tracks the rising demand for higher education in 19 countries participating in the UNESCO/OECD World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2005

Education Counts : Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries

Part of the World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2006

Guide to the Analysis and Use of Household Survey and Census Education Data

The aim of the guide is to facilitate the use and analysis of education indicators based on household survey and census data.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2004

Where is the “Education” in Conditional Cash Transfers in Education?

This working paper critically examines the potential benefits and shortcomings of conditional cash transfers (CCTs).

Publication from UIS

Year: 2006

Using International Surveys of Achievement and Literacy : A View from the Outside

This working paper presents practical experience in the use of three international surveys of learning achievement or functional literacy: TIMSS, PISA and IALS.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2004

Money Counts : Projecting Education Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean to the Year 2015

This working paper projects educational expenditures both public and private in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, to the year 2015.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2005

Educational Equity and Public Policy : Comparing Results from 16 Countries

This working paper presents a unique framework to measure education disparities, which was applied to 16 of the world’s largest or most populous countries.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2007

Reaching the Unreached in Education in Asia-Pacific to Meet the EFA Goals by 2015 : A Commitment to Action

The Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics (UIS-AIMS) Unit was directly involved in coordinating and leading the EFA Mid-Decade Assessment (MDA) process of this policy report.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2010