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- This study assesses whether universal primary education can be achieved by 2015 by analyzing education policies and financing patterns in the largest low-income countries that are furthest from achieving universal primary education. It identifies a new policy and financing framework that could accelerate global progress in primary education. This study was published by WorldBank in 2003.
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- Barbara Bruns; Alain Mingat; Ramahatra Rakotomalala
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15121
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- This paper aims to estimate the impact of school-based management on students' test scores in the Philippines. This paper was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- Futoshi Yamauchi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16831
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- This report examines the current systems of educational learning assessments across countries in the Asia-Pacific region as a method of improving the quality of education. It presents an overview of assessment practices in the region and examines national/sub-national assessments, public examinations, school-based assessment and international assessments with a summary of the major findings and implications for the future. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- Esther Sui-chu HO
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002178/217816E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the first goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of education and care in early childhood, and identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002171/217145e.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the second goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of all children to have access to and to complete free, compulsory, good quality primary education. It also identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002212/221200E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the third goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of all young people and adults having the opportunity to gain the knowledge and develop the skills to develop their capacity to work, participate in society and continue learning. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/efa/Publications/EDN_G3_Web_FINAL.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the fourth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002184/218428E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the fifth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education and achieving gender equality in education. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002191/219185E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the sixth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of improving the quality of education so that all achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002191/219186E.pdf
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- This report reviews the current features of examinations and the current practices in public examinations taking place in countries in the Asia-Pacific region with recommendations for future improvement. Its recommendations focus on assuring integrity of assessments, reducing examination pressures, catering for an expanding and more diverse student candidature, assessing a wider range of curricular objectives and assuring quality and gaining public confidence. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- Peter Hill
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001878/187826E.pdf
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- This document describes the main features of national and international assessments used to determine the quality of education, including the purpose of these assessments; decisions in a national assessment; and issues in the design, implementation, analysis, reporting and use. Several country case studies are referred to including India and Vietnam. This document was published by WorldBank in 2008.
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- Vincent Greaney; Thomas Kellaghan
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6904
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- This document defines sustainable development and education for sustainable development (ESD), assesses the current state of ESD in the Asia-Pacific region and outlines a set of exercises which can be used to coordinate discussion between key stakeholders to assess national ESD-related activities, identify gaps in implementation and formulate a plan to move ESD forward. This document was published by UNESCO in 2011.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001930/193013e.pdf
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- This report analyses data on returns to upper secondary schooling in Indonesia. It seeks to identify how life opportunities and future earning potential can be improved by attending upper secondary school education and what the reasons for this may be. It draws a number of conclusions about how successful Indonesia secondary schools are at improving these opportunities. This report was published by the World Bank in 2011.
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- Pedro Carneiro; Michael Lokshin; Cristobal Ridao-Cano; Nithin Umapathi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3646
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- This paper introduces the concept of school based management (SBM), using empirical data from the Philippines as part of a benchmarking analysis. It defines what school based management is and how this kind of reform can be implemented in order to improve school performance. This paper was published by the World Bank in 2014.
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- Suhas D. Parandekar
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18823
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- This document presents a selection of case studies on a teacher-education course in information and communications technology (ICT) for pre-service teachers as well as retraining teachers. The countries studied include China, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002235/223520E.pdf
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- This report reviews existing early child development (ECD) policies and institutions in Yunnan, the financing of preschool education, a household survey of a sample of 3-6 year olds in rural Yunnan, a survey of preschool quality in Kunming using a recognised rating scale and a study of preschool teachers including qualifications, career development, salaries and supply and demand. This report was published by WorldBank in 2013.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17004
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- This report describes a number of school-based management cases that the World Bank is supporting in various countries. It attempts to provide a definition of school-based management and the positive impacts that it can have on schools, the quality of teaching and student performance. It goes on to provide general guidance for implementing this kind of policy reform. This report was published by the World Bank in 2009.
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- Felipe Barrera-Osorio; Tazeen Fasih; Harry Anthony Patrinos; Lucrecia Santibánez
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2632
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- This report investigates the potential correlation between the falling fertility rate and rising educational attainment in Vietnam. It analyses evidence that suggests that Vietnamese parents are now focusing on quality over quantity, choosing to have fewer children and invest more in their education through private tutoring in order to give them a better chance of educational success. This report was published by the World Bank in 2013.
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- Hai-Anh Dang; F. Halsey Rogers
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15846
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- This report examines the sources of the mismatch of supply and demand for skilled labor in Yunnan Province, China; outlines the challenges facing Yunnan as it seeks to strength its Technical and Vocational Training and Education (TVET) system, improve access to education and the quality of educational outputs, encourage more robust work-based and rural training and invest additional resources in general education; and recommends specific policies that cross both sectors and address the sector-specific issues. This report was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- Xiaoyan Liang; Shuang Chen
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16197
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- This report provides an overview of the diversification of post-secondary education discussing the role of higher education in development, a definition of post-secondary education and diversification, diversification in institutions, study programmes and clientele, funding and management of post-secondary education and employment of post-secondary education graduates. It also includes several country case studies including Malaysia. This report was published by UNESCO in 2014.
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- N. V. Varghese (editor)
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- International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002269/226981e.pdf
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- This report investigates the effect of work on the school progress of children in rural Bangladesh. They find that work has a negative effect on the progress that children make at school and propose that new policies are introduced in order to combat these problems. The report compares three suggested policies which involve: compulsory primary schooling, compulsory school entry at age six, and universal access to secondary school. This report was published by The World Bank Group in 2004.
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- Cristóbal Ridao-Cano; José Canals-Cerdá
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/14068
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- This document highlights the importance of investment in early childhood development and education (ECDE) in China and discusses the challenges to ECDE in China, policy and access to ECDE service, financing of ECDE, determinants of child outcomes and policy implications and the way forward for ECDE. This report was published by WorldBank in 2011.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18375
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- This book introduces Indonesia's policies and programs for improving early childhood education and development in poor villages. It describes the need for these services and goes on to evaluate the impact they have had, as well as the challenges that these projects have faced. It concludes by highlighting a number of key lessons that have been learnt from these projects and describes how these lessons can be used to inform future policy and practices. This book was published by the World Bank in 2013.
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- Amer Hasan; Marilou Hyson; Mae Chu Chang
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15799
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- This document analyzes the responses to a survey of Asia-Pacific countries which attempted to determine how assessment results are used beyond their basic function of measuring student learning to provide the evidence to improve educational policies and practices. The countries surveyed include Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand. It examines international large-scale assessments, examinations and other national/sub-national assessments. This document was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/epr/PDF/AssesmentSurveyReport131111.pdf
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- This report examines how culture influences learning within the context of the Asia-Pacific region and how this relates to the unequal distribution of learning success and opportunities across the region. It discusses learning in Chinese societies, cultural neuroscience and dyslexia in students learning non-alphabetic languages, the disparity between learning in East Asia and South-East Asia with recommendations of issues that need to addressed to meet the future needs of the region. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- Kerry J. Kennedy
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002251/225171E.pdf