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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Linkages Between Performance and Institutions in the Primary and Secondary Education Sector. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 558
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Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
The efficiency of schools diverges dramatically across countries in the OECD and can also vary markedly within countries. These differences in levels of efficiency can be traced to policy and institutional settings. As such, moving to best practice could boost educational attainment and reduce pressure on budgetary resources. This paper assesses…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Questionnaires
Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 546
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Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert; Joumard, Isabelle, Nicq, Chantal – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector. Resource availability per pupil has increased significantly over the past decade in a number of countries; often in attempting to exploit the link between educational attainment and growth. However, available evidence reveals only a…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Socioeconomic Influences, Foreign Countries, Expenditures
Public Spending Efficiency: Institutional Indicators in Primary and Secondary Education. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 543
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Gonand, Frederic; Joumard, Isabelle; Price, Robert – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
This paper presents composite indicators of the institutional and policy characteristics of educational systems, collated from the questionnaire responses of 26 Member countries. These indicators provide an overview of the institutional framework in the primary and secondary education sector and are constructed so as to be used for the analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Questionnaires, Educational Assessment