Education
The OECD's work on education helps individuals and nations to identify and develop the knowledge and skills that drive better jobs and better lives, generate prosperity and promote social inclusion.
How do the best-performing countries select, develop, evaluate and compensate teachers? Learn more in our latest report, Effective Teacher Policies: Insights from PISA.
Our 2018 Education Policy Outlook analyses policy developments targeting students in 43 education systems over nearly a decade.
Read our new publication, Teachers in Ibero-America: Insights from PISA and TALIS.
In a new book, Andreas Schleicher lays out a roadmap for how schools can prepare students for 21st-century challenges. "World Class: Building a 21st-century school system" is available now as a free download.
Areas of work
Measuring outcomes
Decisions about education policy should always be based on the best evidence possible.
Teaching and learning
An understanding of how students learn and teachers teach is at the core of education policy.
Developing and using skills
Skills are central to achieving sustainable, innovation-driven economic growth and social inclusion.
| National Skills Strategies | Adult Skills Review | OECD Centre for Skills |
| Skills Outlook | Vocational Education and Training |
Policy development and implementation
We review the education and skills systems in OECD and partner countries, and assist countries in developing and implementing policies to improve those systems.
Innovation and the future of education
We provide policy makers with a deeper understanding of how the way we innovate is changing, and what this implies for education and training policies.
| Trends Shaping Education | OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) | 21st Century Children |
| Future of Education and Skills 2030 |
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