OECD - ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

1. OECD - ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2. Chart D4.1. Number of teaching hours per year in lower secondary education (2005)Net contact time for a teacher in hours per year in public institutions

3. Chart D3.1. Teachers' salaries in lower secondary education (2005)Annual statutory teachers’ salaries in public institutions in lower secondary education,in equivalent USD converted using PPPs, and the ratio of salary after 15 years of experience to GDP per capita

4. How Do Education Systems Monitor School Performance? Key results • Student assessments in school accountability and evaluation arrangements are increasingly common across OECD countries. Just over half of OECD countries and the partner economy Israel have national examinations that are completed by lower-secondary school students. More common amongst OECD countries are periodic national assessments of students in compulsory education. These occur in two-thirds of OECD countries and the partner economy Israel. In some countries such as Australia, schools implement standardised tests as a requirement to obtain government funding. • Two-thirds of OECD countries and the partner economy Israel have regulations that require lower-secondary schools to be inspected regularly. Slightly fewer countries (19 OECD countries) have regulatory requirements for schools to conduct periodic school self-evaluations. • Only three OECD countries utilise school evaluation and accountability information to provide financial rewards (Korea and the United States) and/or sanctions to schools (Belgium [Fl.], Korea and the United States).