Measuring Educational Equity in the Developed World

Measuring Educational Equity in the Developed World

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Andreas Schleicher—Head, Indicators and Analysis Division in the Directorate of Education, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris; Project Director, OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

The OECD rates education performance of students in the developed world. They also rate how countries are doing at providing equal opportunities to students of all socio-economic backgrounds. Andreas Schleicher discusses what educational leaders like Finland and Korea do that countries further down the list like Germany and the U.S. do not.