Learning Outcomes in Thailand : What Can We Learn from International Assessments?

Education quality is crucial to Thailand's future economic success. While lower-income countries in East Asia are experiencing a bulge in their youth population, Thailand's youth labor force is expected to decline by 10 percent over the next decade. As a result, the labor-intensive comparative advantage that contributed significantly to Thailand's past economic performance will diminish. This means that it is essential for Thailand to develop the human capital of its declining young work force to ensure the country's future competitiveness and economic growth. Education is a significant component of human capital development, the economic benefits of which are firmly established in the policy literature to have a positive effect on economic growth. However, the success or failure of education in terms of increasing productivity and growth depends crucially on its quality. Thailand has participated in two international student assessments to measure the quality of education: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD's) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the IEA's Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This study also supports policy dialogue on improving accountability mechanisms for publically funded private schools. The above findings reveal that public schools outperform private schools even though private schools receive public funding. The implication is that the accountability mechanism for private schools that receive public funding needs to be improved in order to ensure that private schools are providing high quality services. There are several international examples of strong accountability mechanisms for publically funded private schools. One example is the voucher scheme used in the Netherlands. This provides schools with equal funding per student with which schools have considerable freedom on how to use this funding; however, they must meet specific performance requirements.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012-01-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION, ACCREDITATION SYSTEM, ACHIEVEMENTS, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, ANNUAL FEES, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS, CERTIFICATION SYSTEM, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLASS SIZE, CLASS SIZES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMPLETION RATES, CRITICAL THINKING, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM REVISION, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DEGREES, DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES, DIDACTIC MATERIALS, DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT RATES, EDUCATED PEOPLE, EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, EDUCATION COMMUNITY, EDUCATION COUNCILS, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION LEADERS, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION REFORMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATION STATISTICS, EDUCATION STUDENTS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATION TEACHERS, EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EVALUATION OF EDUCATION, EXAMS, EXPENDITURES, FIRST GRADE, FREE BASIC EDUCATION, GENDER PARITY, GIRLS, GROSS COMPLETION RATE, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, HIGH DROPOUT, HOME VISITS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INDIVIDUAL STUDY, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INSERVICE TEACHER TRAINING, INTERVENTIONS, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, LABOR FORCE, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, LEARNING MATERIAL, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING MODULES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING RESOURCES, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIBRARY BOOKS, LITERACY, LITERACY RATES, LITERATURE, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, MATHEMATICS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NET ENROLLMENT, NET ENROLLMENT RATE, NET ENROLLMENT RATIOS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER CLASS, OPEN SECONDARY EDUCATION, PARENT PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATORY LEARNING, PASS RATE, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL LEVEL, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRINTING, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, PROVISION OF TECHNICAL, PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY STANDARDS, RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS, REPETITION, REPETITION RATE, RESOURCE CENTER, RESOURCE CENTERS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOLS, RURAL STUDENTS, SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SCHOOL DIRECTORS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL FURNITURE, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOL LIBRARIES, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL MAPPING, SCHOOL POPULATION, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SCHOOL STUDENTS, SCHOOL SUPERVISION, SCHOOL SUPERVISOR, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE EDUCATION, SCIENCE LABORATORIES, SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SCIENCES, STANDARDIZED TESTS, STATE EDUCATION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT CERTIFICATION, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT, TEACHER, TEACHER CERTIFICATION, TEACHER SUPPORT, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES, TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING POSITIONS, TEACHING STAFF, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TEXTBOOKS, UNIVERSITIES, URBAN SCHOOLS, URBAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, USE OF TEXTBOOKS, WORKING HOURS,
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