Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries

Author: Lemke Mariann

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Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780756736279

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For more than a decade, the U.S. has participated actively in international projects that are designed to provide key info. about the performance of the American education system compared to other countries. This report draws on the most current information produced by these projects available at the time of production of this report (summer 2002) to present a set of education indicators that describes how the U.S. education system compares with those in other economically developed countries. Indicators include: Context of Education; Pre-primary and Primary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; and Education and the Labor Force. Glossary. Classification of Countries' Education Systems. Charts and tables.

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries--2004
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries--2004

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Published: 2005

Total Pages: 86

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"This report shows how the U.S. education system compares to other major industrialized countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom) in four areas: (1) the context of education; (2) preprimary and primary education; (3) secondary education; and (4) higher education. This report is an update of the 2002 G8 Report, and is part of a series to be published in alternate years"--Title screen.

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries

Author: Joel D. Sherman

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Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780160677717

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NCES 2003-026. By Joel D. Sherman, Steven D. Honegger, and Jennifer L. McGivern, of the American Institutes for Research. Mariann Lemke, of the National Center for Education Statistics is Project Director. Presents a set of education indicators that describes how the United States education system compares with those in other economically developed countries. Compares these statistics primarily with the eight most industrialized countries in the world, whose representatives meet regularly to discuss economic and other policy issues: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States--the Group of Eight (G8) countries.

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries

Author: David Christopher Miller

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 83

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This report describes "key education outcomes and contexts of education in the Group of Eight (G-8) countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Rusian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The report is organized into five topical areas: population and school enrollment, academic performance, contexts for learning, expenditures for education, and educational attainment and income"--Page iii.

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries

Author: David C. Miller

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Published: 2009

Total Pages: 119

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This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other Group of Eight (G-8) countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom) that are among the world's most economically developed countries and among the United States' largest economic partners. The report draws on the most current information about education from four primary sources: the Indicators of National Education Systems (INES) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS); the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA); and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Begun in 2002, the series is published on a biennial basis. Highlights are organized around the five major sections of the report: (1) Population and school enrollment; (2) Academic performance; (3) Context for learning; (4) Expenditure for education; and (5) Education Returns: Educational attainment and income. Two appendixes are included: (1) The Education Systems of the G-8 Countries; and (2) PIRLS 2006 Indicator Tables including Canadian Provincial Data. (Contains 29 footnotes, 48 figures, and 16 tables.) [For "Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006," see ED498383.].