COMPARATIVE
AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Insightful Blogs on International Education Issues-- World Economic Forum
• Boston College Center for International Higher Education-- "Dedicated to research and service in international higher education," to serve as a "focal point for discussion and thoughtful analysis of higher education." Posts the "International Higher Education" quarterly (with archives) and publications on higher education around the world from Center faculty and programs.
• Center for
World University Rankings-- "Publishes the only
global university ranking that measures the quality of
education and training of students as well as the
prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their
research without relying on surveys and university data
submissions."
• Consortium
for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and
Equity-- Co-ordinated from the Centre for
International Education, University of Sussex "to
develop and encourage the application of knowledge to
improve access to basic education... [with] a
programme of research focused on countries in South
Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to analyse policy and
practice designed to reduce exclusion." Offers
reports, information, bibliographic database, and
more. Note especially the CREATE Gateway that
"provides links to resources related to access issues
in education."
• Council of Ministers of Education,
Canada-- Information about all levels of the
Canadian educational system, from the "national voice
for education" in that country.
• Current Issues in Comparative
Education-- From Teachers College,
Columbia University, a free online international
journal for debate of issues in comparative and
international education.
• EdCan
Network-- Information and publications about
Canadian education and Canadian research on
education, from the Canadian Education Association.
• Educational Resources Information
Center (ERIC)-- "The world’s premier database of
journal and non-journal education literature,"
offering access to an extensive body of cost-free
education-related literature, sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education and the National Library of
Education.
• European Schoolnet-- Site for
European teachers, students, and school
administrators, sponsored by 30 European Ministries of
Education, with much information about education in
Europe to serve as "a gateway to national and regional
school networks." Posts analysis of trends, country
studies, briefing papers, blog, and more.
• Eurydice--
Major European Union "network whose task is to explain
how education systems are organised in Europe and how
they work. We publish descriptions of national
education systems, comparative studies devoted to
specific topics, indicators and statistics in the
field of education."
• Global
Teacher Status Index-- "The world's first
comprehensive attempt to compare the status of
teachers across the world. It is based on in-depth
opinion by Populus in 21 countries that explores the
attitudes on issues ranging from what is a fair salary
for teachers to whether they think pupils respect
teachers to how highly people rank their own education
system."
• Institute
of International Education-- A world-class source
on study abroad, IIE conducts and posts statistical and
policy research and provides information on
international study and work opportunities. including
about the Fulbright Program. Their Open Doors section contains much
online information about international student mobility
in the United States and the world. Project Atlas "is a collaborative
global research initiative that provides a comprehensive
picture and analysis of international student mobility
in higher education."
• International Institute for Educational Planning-- A part of UNESCO whose mission is "to help Member States improve the quality and effectiveness of their education systems." Site offers information on IIEP services and contains a large archive of free online IIEP publications on a broad range of education issues.
• National Center for Educational
Statistics-- The purpose of this Center, in the
U.S. Department of Education, is to collect and report
"statistics and information showing the condition and
progress of education in the United States and other
nations in order to promote and accelerate the
improvement of American education." The National Assessment of Educational
Progress is "the largest nationally
representative and continuing assessment of what
America's students know and can do in various subject
areas." Visit the International Activities Program
section to "learn more about how U.S. education
compares with education in other countries." The Program for International Student
Assessment is "an assessment (begun in 2000)
that focuses on 15-year-olds' capabilities in reading
literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy."
International comparisons of education are given in
the yearly Digest of Education Statistics.
Also see the Trends in International Mathematics
and Science Study that "provides reliable and
timely data on the mathematics and science achievement
of U.S. students compared to that of students in other
countries."
• National
Policies Platform-- The official EU information
network about national education systems in Europe.
Posts studies and descriptions of national education
systems, comparative studies devoted to specific
topics, and indicators and statistics.
• OECD Education Page-- Provides online access to much internationally comparable data and analysis of key aspects of the education systems of OECD member countries, mainly all the Western democracies. See especially the Programme for International Student Assessment and the annual report Education at a Glance. The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) provides data and analysis from "teachers and schools about their working conditions and the learning environments [that] covers important themes such as initial teacher education and professional development; what sort of appraisal and feedback teachers get; the school climate; school leadership; and teachers’ instructional beliefs and pedagogical practices."
• QS
World University Rankings-- "The most trusted
university ranking in the world, [now including]
university fees information," from Top
Universities, a study abroad service.
• Times
Higher Education World University Rankings--
"The only global university performance tables to
judge world class universities across all of their
core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer
and international outlook. The top universities
rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance
indicators to provide the most comprehensive and
balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by
students, academics, university leaders, industry and
governments."
• United Nations Children's Fund--
UNICEF works for children's rights, protection, and
sound development and produces some reports on
education and children. The best sources relating to
education are the annual State of the World's Children
reports.
• United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization-- One of
the best sources worldwide for comparative education
analysis. The Open
Access search portal provides easy and free
downloads of thousands of UNESCO publications. Note
the Education Transforms Lives
section, with a wide variety of documents, statistics,
and contact points. The UNESCO
Institute for Statistics posts "global and
internationally comparable statistics on education,
science, technology, culture and communication,"
including the Global Education Digest. The International Bureau of Education
is the center for information and research in the
field of comparative education, with publications
online. Check out the Global
Monitoring Report for in-depth country
information on the status of basic education in over
150 countries. Look for the
annual Global Education Digest that "presents
the latest available data for more than 200 countries
and territories."
• Universitas 21--
"International network of 25 leading
research-intensive universities in fifteen countries."
Produces and posts a global
ranking of national higher education systems,
"based on resources, environment, connectivity, and
output."
• Universities
Canada-- Information on the Canadian higher
education system and exchange and study abroad
opportunities in that country.
• Universities Worldwide-- Searchable database of links to thousands of universities in over 200 countries.
• University World News-- "The global window on higher education... reports on "the whole gamut of higher education from top world-ranking universities to institutions in more marginalised parts of the globe... news reports, analysis, features, global round-ups on key issues, plus links to interesting stories from other leading newspapers and journals around the world."
• World Bank Education Page-- Wide
variety of authoritative data, statistics, documents,
reports, and links on education worldwide from this
IGO.
