Colombia - The Quality of Education in Colombia : An Analysis and Options for a Policy Agenda

The main objective of this report is to analyze student learning in Colombia in order to foster policies to improve education quality that are grounded in research and the Colombian context. In 2006, Colombia participated for the first time in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which provides an important opportunity to benchmark the quality and equity of its education system globally and to inform its education policy. Using the PISA results, this report calls attention to the need for improved student learning in Colombia and provides new analytical work on the factors associated with learning in Colombia and other participant countries. Based on an assessment of the current state of the Colombian education system (chapter first), a review of the relevant literature (chapter second), an analysis of PISA (chapter third), and the report concludes with a set of policy options that may inform a future agenda for system design and reform (chapter fourth).

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-11-04
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS, ACADEMIC EFFECTS, ACADEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, ACCESS TO SCHOOLING, ACHIEVEMENT DATA, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, ADULTS, APTITUDE, ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, AVERAGE SCHOOLING, BETTER LEARNING, CAREER, CERTIFICATION PROCESS, CERTIFIED TEACHERS, CIVIC EDUCATION, CLASS SIZE, CLASS SIZES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM TEACHING, COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, COGNITIVE SKILLS, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMPARING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, COMPETENCIES, COMPLETION RATES, COST OF EDUCATION, COURSE CONTENT, CRITICAL THINKING, CURRICULUM, DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION, DEMAND FOR EDUCATION, DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION INDICATORS, EDUCATION LEVELS, EDUCATION PLANNING, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION REFORMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EDUCATORS, EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ELEMENTS, ENROLLMENT INCREASES, ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ETHNIC MINORITY, EXAMS, FORMAL SCHOOLING, FREE EDUCATION, GRADUATION RATE, GROSS ENROLLMENT, HIGH DROPOUT, HIGH DROPOUT RATE, HIGHER DROPOUT, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HIGHER EDUCATION OUTCOMES, HIGHER GRADES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, LEARNING, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LIBRARY BOOKS, LITERACY, LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, LITERATURE, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, LOWER ENROLLMENT, LOWER SECONDARY, LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL, MATH SCORES, MATHEMATICS, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT DATA, NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION PLAN, NATURAL SCIENCES, PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS, PEER GROUP, PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS, PREFERENTIAL ACCESS, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROBLEM SOLVING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, READING, REPEATERS, RESEARCH LITERATURE, RESEARCH METHODS, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL CURRICULUM, SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL DIRECTORS, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE LABORATORIES, SCIENCE SCORES, SCIENCE STUDY, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY ENROLLMENT, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL WELFARE, SPORTS, STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, STUDENT ACCESS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT POPULATION, STUDENT PROGRESS, STUDENT SELECTION, SUBJECTS, TEACHER, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHER SHORTAGES, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TEST SCORES, TEXTBOOKS, TUITION, UNIVERSAL COVERAGE, UNIVERSITY DEGREE, UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, UPPER SECONDARY, UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION, URBAN SCHOOLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10106792/colombia-quality-education-colombia-analysis-options-policy-agenda https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7875
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