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Reference Resources
- World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide
- Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson, editor. Detroit, Gale, 2002.
- Essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries Rutgers-restricted Access
- The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education
- Mary Hayden, Jack Levy, and J.J. Thompson, editors. Los Angeles, SAGE, 2016.
Analyses the origins, interpretations and contributions of international education and explores key contemporary developments.Rutgers-restricted Access
- TALIS: The OECD Teaching and Learnning International Survey
- The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) asks teachers and school leaders about working conditions and learning environments at their schools to help countries face diverse challenges. In addition to comparative data, reports (2008; 2013; 2018) include reports on teaching and learning in individual OECD countries.
- International Bureau of Education. National Reports
- National Reports on the Development of Education submitted by countries since 1933.
Global Education Data
- Global Educational Attainment 1970-2015
- Estimates of average years of educational attainment per capita for people over the age of 15 for the years 1970-2015 by year, sex, and age group for 188 countries, 21 GBD regions, 7 GBD super regions, and the global aggregate. Age-standardized and population-weighted estimates are included for females 15-44 and for both sexes for the age group 25+. (Excel spreadsheets)
- World Bank: Education Statistics
- Comparative and country data on access, completion, learning, expenditures, policy, and equity.
- Unesco Institute for Statistics. Education and Literacy Data
- Eurostat: Education and Training
- Data for European Union countries.
Global Education Monitoring Reports
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
Subjects: American Studies,
Communication,
Criminal Justice,
History - Global & Eurasian,
History - North America,
Journalism & Media Studies,
Latin American & Caribbean Studies,
Literatures in English,
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Political Science,
Social Work,
Spanish & Portuguese Studies,
Women's & Gender Studies