Highlights data quality and data contradictions among existing education data sources, and proposes recommendations for improving the quality of reporting.

Publication from UIS/UNICEF

Year: 2016

Understanding What Works in Oral Reading Assessments

This ebook presents contributions from experts in designing, implementing and financing oral reading assessments in developing countries. It provides recommendations and guidelines to evaluate and improve the skills of young children.

Publication from

Year: 2016

Pacific Education for All 2015 Review

Presents recommendations on how to improve access to and quality of education across the Pacific* based for UIS data.

Publication from UNESCO Office in Apia

Year: 2015

A roadmap to better data on education financing

This paper is used to evaluate whether or not resources are distributed equitably and how money flows to students from different backgrounds.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2016

The cost of not assessing learning outcomes

This paper uses several measures to show that the costs of learning assessments are small in comparison to the economic benefits that can arise from improving the learning outcomes of youth.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2016

International Standard Classification of Education : Fields of education and training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013) – Detailed field descriptions

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) is a framework for assembling, compiling and analysing cross-nationally comparable statistics on education.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2015

Out-of-school Children in Viet nam : A Country Study (Also in Vietnamese)

The report aims to inform education management and planning and policy advocacy to achieve equity in education for all children, with a focus on disadvantaged children.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2013

Regional Report on the Middle East and North Africa

The report builds on nine recent national studies on out-of-school children in MENA* by bringing in analysis and key findings on profiles as well as barriers and policy responses from these studies.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2015

Learning Metrics Partnership : A capacity support and policy strengthening initiative to develop and use common learning metrics for mathematics and reading

The Learning Metrics Partnership (LMP) is a joint initiative of the UIS and the ACER Centre for Global Education Monitoring (ACER-GEM) to develop a set of nationally and internationally comparable learning metrics in mathematics and reading.

Publication from UIS/ACER-GEM

Year: 2014

Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All : Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children

The report presents a nuanced picture of the barriers to education and a roadmap to improve the data to catalyse action for out-of-school children post-2015.

Publication from UIS/UNICEF

Year: 2015

World Social Science Report 2013 : Changing Global Environments

The 2013 edition focuses on the theme, “Changing Global Environments”. It features a wide range of UIS indicators on R&D; and education.

Publication from UNESCO/OECD

Year: 2013

Regional analysis of the situation of out of school children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

This report finds that in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS), 2.5 million children of basic school age and 1.6 million children of pre-primary school age are out of school.

Publication from UNICEF

Year: 2013

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Turkey

There are still some children in Turkey who do not start basic education or start it late or leave it early, as we learn more about these children and their barriers to basic education we are able to help them overcome them.

Publication from UNICEF

Year: 2012

Toward Universal Learning : Implementing Assessment to Improve Learning

This third Learning Metrics Task Force report describes the key technical, institutional and political supports countries need to develop and sustain robust assessments of learning that can help inform improvements in policy and practice.

Publication from UIS/Brookings Institution

Year: 2014

Higher Education in Asia - Expanding Out, Expanding Up : The rise of graduate education and university research

The report examines the dynamics associated with the growth of graduate education in Asia, with particular attention to the middle-income countries of Southeast Asia.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2014

Regional Study on Out-of-School Children in South Asia : Covering Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

By presenting data from different sources, this study highlights the scale of education exclusion across the region, with a specific focus on the four countries with highest populations of out-of-school children.

Publication from UIS/UNICEF

Year: 2014

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Nigeria : Conducted within the Conceptual and Methodology Framework (CMF)

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Nigeria and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2012

Regional Report on Out-of-School Children in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR)

The UNICEF/UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children presents an analysis of the most recent and reliable statistical information on children in East & South Africa, and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2013

Assessing Education Data Quality in The Southern African Development Community - SADC

The Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) is designed to improve the quality of national education statistics. It entails an in-depth review of the ways in which a country produces education statistics, as well as an action plan for improvements.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2014

UIS Methodology for Estimation of Mean Years of Schooling - MYS

Mean years of schooling (MYS) provides the average number of years of education completed by a country’s adult population (25 years and older), excluding years spent repeating grades.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2013

Out-of-School Children in the Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh Provinces of Pakistan

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children presents an analysis of the most recent and reliable statistical information on children in Pakistan, and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2013

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Colombia (in Spanish)

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Colombia and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2012

Toward Universal Learning : A Global Framework for Measuring Learning

This second report from the Learning Metrics Task Force investigates the feasibility of measuring learning, and presents a hybrid model for tracking and improving the measurement of learning at both global and national or sub-national levels.

Publication from UIS/Brookings Institution

Year: 2013

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Sri Lanka

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Sri Lanka and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2013

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Ghana

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Ghana and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Kyrgyzstan

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Kyrgyzstan and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2012

Romanian Country Study : Analysing the situation of out of school children in Romania (Also available in Romanian)

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Romania and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2013

Country Study on Out-of-School Children in Brazil (in Portuguese) Summaries in English, Spanish and Portuguese

The UNICEF and UIS Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the situation of children in Brazil and examines the factors that lead to exclusion from schooling in the country.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2012

Towards Universal Learning : What Every Child Should Learn

This report, the first in a series, produced by the Learning Metrics Task Force, presents a global framework of learning competencies that go beyond literacy and numeracy to include physical and social well-being as well as culture and the arts.

Publication from UIS/Brookings Institute

Year: 2013

Finishing School : A Right for Children´s Development ; A Joint Effort (In Spanish)

UNICEF and UNESCO present the report entitled: "Completar la Escuela : Un Derecho para Crecer, un Deber para Compartir" on education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Publication from UNICEF/UIS

Year: 2012

Methodology for Building and Use

This document contributes reinforces domestic capacities on educational statistics for countries located in Central America and the Caribbean and represents a framework on indicators suitable for the challenge from education systems in the region.

Publication from OREALC/UNECLAC/UIS

Year: 2009

Education Data Plan: Guide to Reporting International Statistics

This training manual is designed as a resource for consultants who work with countries, helping them to complete UIS questionnaires, and is designed to serve as a reference for the UIS, Field Offices1 and other field staff.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2009

Systematic Monitoring of Education for All : Training Modules for Asia-Pacific

This series of training modules draws on UNESCO’s experiences over the past years in national capacity building for education monitoring to achieve objectives set under the Education for All (EFA) initiative.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2012

New Patterns in Student Mobility in Southern Africa Development Community

This information bulletin is based on data from the UIS, OECD and Eurostat examines new patterns in student mobility in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

Policy Research in Asia : Secondary Teachers in Thailand

According to UIS data, amongst other sources, Thailand has not yet achieved the goal of universal secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO

Year: 2011

Primary School Curricula on Reading and Mathematics in Developing Countries

The purpose of this technical paper is to compile, analyse and describe commonalities and differences in the intended primary curriculum in reading and mathematics across a diverse set of developing countries.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

A Place to Learn : Lessons from Research on Learning Environments

This paper presents a comprehensive review of research on learning environments from multiple perspectives, including the physical conditions, psychosocial environment and the organizational climate of classrooms, schools and other learning spaces.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2012

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Japan

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2011

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Malaysia

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2011

The Quantitative Impact of Conflict on Education

This technical paper study examines the impact of armed conflict on the population of 25 countries, finding substantial negative effects of exposure to conflict on educational attainment and literacy.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2011

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Indonesia

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2010

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Mongolia

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Nepal

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Bangladesh

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2007

Interpreting the Country Profiles

Consult this document for help interpreting the data presented in Country profiles.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2011

Early Impact Assessment of the Global Financial Crisis on Education Financing: Country Case Studies

This paper presents key findings from an early impact assessment of the global financial crisis on education.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2009

Towards Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities : A Guideline

This report presents a chapter on statistical monitoring prepared by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment for South Asia

This report presents data and analysis provided by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment for Insular South-East Asia

This report presents data and analysis provided by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

UNESCO Building Human Capacities in Least Developed Countries to Promote Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development

Highlights UIS data in describing UNESCO initiatives to reduce poverty in LDCs.

Publication from UNESCO

Year: 2011

The quantitative impact of conflict on education

This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2011 report.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2010

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Cambodia

This report features UIS data on secondary education

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base: Country Profile for Lao PDR

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Pakistan

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2010

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for the Philippines

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2009

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Thailand

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Secondary Education Regional Information Base : Country Profile for Viet Nam

This report features UIS data on secondary education.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment for the Mekong Sub-Region

This report presents data and analysis provided by the UIS regional team for Asia and the Pacific.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2008

Assessing Education Data Quality in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) : A Synthesis of Seven Country Assessments

This report outlines results arising from assessments of education data quality undertaken by the UIS in collaboration with national statisticians.

Publication from UNESCO-BREDA

Year: 2010

Investing in Education

This report provides an initial analysis of the data collected through the 1999 World Education Indicators (WEI) programme and compares its findings from OECD countries.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2000

Teachers for Tomorrow’s Schools

This report analyses education indicators developed as part of the UNESCO/OECD World Education Indicators Programme (WEI).

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2001

Education Counts : Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries

Produced through the World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2007

A View Inside Primary Schools : A World Education Indicators (WEI) Cross-National Study

This study highlights the strong effect of social inequality on primary education systems.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2008

WEI Survey of Primary Schools (WEI-SPS) Technical Report

Detailed information on the survey results presented in the publication entitled: "A View Inside Primary Schools".

Publication from UIS

Year: 2009

Financing Education, Investments and Returns

A report from the World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2003

Educational Equity and Public Policy : Comparing Results from 16 Countries

This working paper presents a unique framework to measure education disparities, which was applied to 16 of the world’s largest or most populous countries.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2007

Education Trends in Perspective

The report tracks the rising demand for higher education in 19 countries participating in the UNESCO/OECD World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS/OECD

Year: 2005

Education Counts : Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries

Part of the World Education Indicators (WEI) Programme.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2006

Guide to the Analysis and Use of Household Survey and Census Education Data

The aim of the guide is to facilitate the use and analysis of education indicators based on household survey and census data.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2004

Where is the “Education” in Conditional Cash Transfers in Education?

This working paper critically examines the potential benefits and shortcomings of conditional cash transfers (CCTs).

Publication from UIS

Year: 2006

Using International Surveys of Achievement and Literacy : A View from the Outside

This working paper presents practical experience in the use of three international surveys of learning achievement or functional literacy: TIMSS, PISA and IALS.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2004

Money Counts : Projecting Education Expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean to the Year 2015

This working paper projects educational expenditures both public and private in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, to the year 2015.

Publication from UIS

Year: 2005

Reaching the Unreached in Education in Asia-Pacific to Meet the EFA Goals by 2015 : A Commitment to Action

The Assessment, Information Systems, Monitoring and Statistics (UIS-AIMS) Unit was directly involved in coordinating and leading the EFA Mid-Decade Assessment (MDA) process of this policy report.

Publication from UNESCO Bangkok

Year: 2010