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The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is issued every three years in more than 80 countries, examining how 15-year-old students perform in reading, mathematics, and science. Developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, it launched in 2000 and offers comparative data that countries can use to influence education policy. Jonathan…
On October 9, 2023, UNESCO unveiled a comprehensive report on the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At the 78th session of the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (Economic and Financial Committee), representatives of member states and the UN system came together…
While open science practices are being adopted worldwide, new UNESCO findings reveal a tale of uneven growth. According to the newly released UNESCO Open Science Outlook 1: Status and trends around the world, access and sharing of its benefits remain unequal across regions and disciplines. In the face of challenges such as climate disruption, pandemics,…
New UNESCO data reveals that 50 million more girls have been enrolled in school globally since 2015. The latest calculations by the Global Education Monitoring Report (https://www.unesco.org/gem-report/en) show that there are also 5 million more girls completing each level of education from primary to upper secondary education. This progress calls on efforts to double down…
On World Teachers’ Day, new UNESCO projections reveal a serious global shortage of teachers in all regions of the world. 44 million new teachers are needed to meet the SDG goal of achieving primary and secondary education for all by 2030. While the new figure is significantly lower than the 69 million gap calculated in…
The Eurasian Association for Education Quality Assessment was founded by the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development in 2012. Today, the Association is the largest and perhaps the most well-known platform for exchanging views and conducting joint research in the field of education quality assessment in Eurasia. In 2023, the Association will hold its…
The sixth Global Education Monitoring Report, Technology in education: A tool on whose terms? was released this morning alongside with 20 background papers and more than 200 PEER country profiles on laws and policies on technology in education. The report states that regulations for technology set outside of the education sector will not necessarily cover…
IEA’s PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an ongoing international assessment program of students’ reading achievement in their fourth year of schooling—an important transition point in their development as readers. By this time in their education, students typically have learned how to read and are now reading to learn. Conducted every five years…
Without $97 billion in extra funding per year, low- and lower-middle-income countries will not be able to meet their 2030 national SDG 4 benchmark targets. This is more than 10 times the external resources currently available. New research published by the GEM Report shows that: There is a need to triple the number of pre-primary…
Achieving the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) on education requires sound evidence and analysis to support policy-making, facilitate the sharing of good practice, and hold those responsible to account for fulfilling their commitments. The Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report) is the global public good that serves this purpose. Established in 2002, the GEM…
Today, the UIS is publishing new or updated administrative data for 34 countries for six global SDG 4 indicators, 15 thematic indicators and 14 ‘other relevant policy indicators’ (ORPI). New household survey data available today include updates for four global SDG 4 indicators, three thematic indicators, and three ORPI, across multiple years. This Data Refresh…
On January 24, the GEM Report and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics released the first online, interactive SDG 4 Scorecard to mark the International Day of Education. The Scorecard assesses how likely it is that countries will achieve their benchmarks by 2025 and 2030. The SDG 4 benchmarks are targets that countries have set for…