SearchIntroductionEvery education minister I meet is interested to know what he or she can learn from other countries and what needs to be done to improve performance. Of course, there are risks involved – neither PISA nor any of the recognised rankings measure everything that matters – but overall this is an important and positive development. Governments all around the world are under pressure to deliver improved learning outcomes because they are increasingly important ingredients of success. As a result, education ministers are on the search for evidence of what works more than they ever were before.The Learning Curve is a contribution to the growing evidence base. By combining a number of different international rankings – including PISA and TIMSS as well as measures of adult skills – it provides the equivalent of a poll of polls. Furthermore, in a single database, it combines education input data with data on learning outcomes and data on social outcomes, such as employment and crime.more...See more text
