Excellence and equity in education OECD Parliamentary Days 9 February 2017 Andreas Schleicher Director for Education and Skills
Excellence and equityin educationOECD Parliamentary Days9 February 2017
Andreas SchleicherDirector for Education and Skills
Trends in science performance (PISA)
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EstoniaChinese Tapei Finland Macao (China)CanadaViet Nam
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SwitzerlandIrelandBelgium DenmarkPolandPortugal NorwayUnited StatesAustriaFrance
SwedenCzech Rep. Spain Latvia RussiaLuxembourg ItalyHungary LithuaniaCroatia IcelandIsraelMaltaSlovak Rep.
GreeceChile
Bulgaria
United Arab EmiratesUruguayRomania
Moldova TurkeyTrinidad and Tobago ThailandCosta Rica QatarColombia Mexico MontenegroJordanIndonesia BrazilPeru
LebanonTunisia
FYROM Kosovo AlgeriaDominican Rep. (332)
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Some countries combine excellence with equity
High performanceHigh equity
Low performanceLow equity
Low performanceHigh equity
High performanceLow equity
More equity
Poverty is not destiny - Science performanceby international deciles of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS)
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Russ
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Chile
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Italy
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Malta
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ralia
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Kore
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Figure I.6.7
% of students in the bottom international
deciles of ESCS
OECD median student
The global pool of top performers: A PISA perspectiveFigure I.2.18
United States (8.5%); 300k
B-S-J-G (China) (13.6%); 181k
Japan (15.3%); 174k
Germany (10.6%); 79k Viet Nam (8.3%); 72k
United Kingdom (10.9%); 68k
Korea (10.6%); 60k
France (8.0%); 59k
Russia (3.7%); 42k
Canada (12.4%); 41k
Chinese Taipei (15.4%); 39k
Australia (11.2%); Poland (7.3%);
Netherlands (11.1%)Italy (4.1%)Spain (5.0%) Brazil (0.7%)
Singapore (24.2%)Belgium (9.0%)
Finland (14.3%)
Switzerland (9.8%) Sweden (8.5%)
Portugal (7.4%) New Zealand (12.8%)
Israel (5.9%)Others
Share of top performers among 15-year-old students:
Less than 1%1 to 2.5%2.5 to 5% 5% to 7.5% 7.5% to 10%10% to 12.5% 12.5% to 15%More than 15%
Students expecting a career in scienceFigure I.3.2
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SingaporeCanadaSloveniaAustralia
United KingdomIreland
Portugal
Chinese TaipeiHong Kong (China)
New ZealandDenmark
JapanEstoniaFinland
Macao (China)Viet Nam
B-S-J-G (China)Korea
GermanyNetherlandsSwitzerland
BelgiumPoland
SwedenLithuaniaCroatiaIcelandGeorgiaMalta
United StatesSpainIsrael
United Arab Emirates
BrazilBulgaria
ChileColombiaCosta Rica
Dominican RepublicJordanKosovo
LebanonMexico
PeruQatar
Trinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkey
Uruguay
Above-average science performance
Stronger than average beliefs in science
Above-average percentage of students expecting to work in a science-related occupation
Norway
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tiple
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Low impact on outcomes
High impact on outcomes
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Less
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Low impact on outcomes
High impact on outcomes
Low feasibility High feasibility
Money pits
Must haves
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Quick wins
Commitment to universal achievement
Gateways, instructional systems
Capacity at point of delivery
Incentive structures and accountability
Resources where they yield most
A learning systemCoherence
Learning time and science performanceFigure II.6.23
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Germany Switzerland
Japan Estonia
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NetherlandsNew Zealand
Macao(China)
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Uruguay
Singapore
Poland United States
IsraelBulgaria
Korea
Russia ItalyGreece
B-S-J-G (China)
Colombia
Chile
Mexico
BrazilCostaRica
TurkeyMontenegroPeru
QatarThailand
UnitedArab
Emirates
Tunisia
Dominican Republic
R² = 0.205109930113565
Total learning time in and outside of school
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Learning time and science performanceFigure II.6.23
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Money gets us only so farSpending per student and learning outcomes
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United States
United Kingdom
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JapanSlovenia
AustraliaGermany
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PortugalNew Zealand
Korea Spain
PolandIsrael
Estonia
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LatviaSlovak Rep.
Russia
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R² = 0.413999972734452
R² = 0.00700673877676472
Average spending per student from the age of 6 to 15 (in thousands USD, PPP)
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Differences in educational resourcesbetween advantaged and disadvantaged schools
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Disadvantaged schools have more resources than advantaged schools
Disadvantaged schools have fewer resources than advantaged schools
Student-teacher ratios and class sizeFigure II.6.14
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 505
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CABA (Argentina)
JordanViet Nam
Poland
United States
Chile
Denmark
Hungary
B-S-G-J(China) Turkey
Georgia
ChineseTaipei
Mexico
Russia
Albania
Hong Kong(China)
Japan
Belgium
Algeria
Colombia
Peru
Macao(China)
Switzerland
Malta
Dominican Republic
Netherlands
Singapore
Brazil
Kosovo
Finland
ThailandR² = 0.24784962376208
Class size in language of instruction
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ent-
teac
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ratio High student-teacher
ratios and small class sizes
Low student-teacher ratios and large class
sizes
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rage
Teacher professionalism
Knowledge base for teaching (initial education and incentives for professional development)
Autonomy: Teachers’ decision-making power over their work (teaching content, course offerings, discipline practices)
Peer networks: Opportunities for exchange and support needed to maintain high standards of teaching (participation in induction, mentoring, networks, feedback from direct observations)
Teacherprofessionalism
Teacher professionalism
Knowledge base for teaching (initial education and incentives for professional development)
Autonomy: Teachers’ decision-making power over their work (teaching content, course offerings, discipline practices)
Peer networks: Opportunities for exchange and support needed to maintain high standards of teaching (participation in induction, mentoring, networks, feedback from direct observations)
Technology can amplify innovative teaching
• As tools for inquiry-based pedagogies with learners as active participants
• Make it faster and more granular
• Collaborative platforms
for teachers to share andenrich teaching materials
• Well beyond textbooks, in multiple formats, with little time and space constraints
Expand access to content
Collaboration for knowledge creation
Support new pedagogies
Feedback
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Scor
e po
ints
Technology in schools and digital skills still don’t square
Source: Figure 6.5
Relationship between students’ skills in reading and computer use at school (average across OECD countries)
OECD average
Digital reading skills of 15-year-olds
Intensive technology useNo technology use
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
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Share of 15-year-olds without foundations (PISA science, 15-year-olds)
23841 bn$159 bn$ 5554 bn$
Routine cognitive skills
Conceptual understanding, complex ways of thinking, ways of working
Some students learn at high levels
All students need to learn at high levels
Student inclusion
Curriculum, instruction and assessment
Standardisation and compliance
High-level professional knowledge workers
Teacher quality
‘Tayloristic’, hierarchical
Flat, collegial
Work organisation
Primarily to authorities
Primarily to peers and stakeholders
Accountability
What it all meansThe old bureaucratic system The modern enabling system
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