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The OECD also ranks countries based on the percentage of their total government expenditure on education. Switzerland comes top in that pillar, with Germany, Finland and Denmark also scoring high marks. What is economic competitiveness?
The Global Competitiveness Report is a tool to help governments, the private sector, and civil society work together to boost productivity and generate prosperity. Comparative analysis between countries allows leaders to gauge areas that need strengthening and build a coordinated response. It also helps identify best practices around the world. Nevertheless, Pisa suggests the US has cause for concern.
Now those options are opening up and people who could have made great teachers are choosing other options. The solution is clear, he says. A look at the countries that are doing well on education offers some hints at a range of solutions that could provide a path forward for US schools.
Canada has a lot in common with its larger southern neighbor but has consistently outranked it on education. According to the Pisa exam results, Ontario scored fifth in the world in reading. Children of immigrants perform compatibly with their peers with Canadian-born parents in educational achievement. In teacher training was revamped — lengthening training and reducing the number of slots available in order to improve quality.
Decision-making is local but there is a national focus on personalized learning, flexibility and high standards. The island nation, population just 5. Education is highly centralized and becoming a teacher is extremely competitive.
School days were increased from four hours to six and a half hours, pre-kindergarten and nursery school access was expanded, and a national standard was set for academic performance.
According to information from just over a decade later, the changes appear to have worked, as proven by the country's strong test scores, listed below.
OECD international reading ranking in 8. Austria also places a strong emphasis on public education. Austrian students are required to attend school for nine years, between the ages of six and fifteen.
The youngest cohort of Austrian children are taken care of in nurseries called "Kinderkrippens. Once Austrian students complete their nine years of required study they can then choose to continue on with anywhere from one to four years of vocational or university classes.
Sources: Austria. With just over 17 million people living in an area that could fit in Texas 16 times over , the Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
While the crowded country has required free and accessible education since , private parochial and other religious schools are still commonplace. Unlike most of Europe, which tends to have strict rules and regulations for who can open a school, the Netherlands allows just about anyone run a school and create a curriculum of their choosing, so long as the school meets certain national academic requirements.
Sweden separates its education into three distinct sections: optional pre-school, compulsory education for grades one through 10, and optional "upper secondary school" for years Sweden's education system has declined in recent years, a deterioration the country has admitted to publicly.
As of , in an effort to "raise the status of the teaching profession," the Swedish government now requires professional certifications for all school and pre-school teachers. Sources: Sweden. Schooling in the United Kingdom is broken up by primary education, secondary education further education, and higher education. UK children are required to enroll in primary and secondary school, which typically starts when a child turns five and ends at Students can choose to opt for " faith schools, " which emphasize religion, " free schools, " which are funded by the government but don't have to follow the national curriculum, private schools, or " state boarding schools ," that are funded by the government but charge for room and board.
Sources: Gov. Located atop a volcano just a few miles south of the Arctic Circle, Iceland is nothing short of unique. The small country's education system extends from pre-school to university-level classes. All children between the ages of six and 16 are required to attend school and they can do so for free. If students graduate from the compulsory stage they are then guaranteed entrance into "upper secondary school," which is intended for students between 16 and 20 years old.
Only one private upper secondary school exists on the entire island. Sources: Iceland. South Korean students take three years of lower school, six years of primary school, and three years of upper secondary school.
More recently, South Korea has started offering free half-day preschool for kids between three and five years of age. Since the s, the government has used an "equalization" lottery intended to reduce excessive competition to just a few competitive schools. OECD international math ranking in 8. OECD international reading ranking in 9. While Belgium offers free public schools, private schools are more popular and are often subsided at least in part by the government.
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