The Education Policy Outlook looks at countries’ education policies and practices and brings together OECD knowledge to serve policy makers

1. THE EDUCATION
POLICY OUTLOOK

2. The Education Policy Outlook: an overview
Bringing together OECD knowledge to serve policy makers
Objectives Means Outcomes
• Provide • Build on OECD • Country Profiles
comparative work (GPS, NESLI, PISA, and Reforms
analysis TALIS, CERI and thematic published online
policy reports)
• Identify trends, as developed
policies and • Take a systematic throughout
practices and 2013-2016
comprehensive
• Analyse reform perspective (from
options ECEC to tertiary) • Complete report
• Facilitate • Provide a common
to be published
exchanges of every 2 years,
framework starting in
lessons
November 2014

3. The Education Policy Outlook looks at
countries’ education policies and practices
Equity and School
quality improvement
A window into outcomes
different countries Prepararing
education systems by Evaluation and students for
assessment the future
looking at 6 policy
areas that contribute
to improve
education outcomes

4. Education Policy Outlook: the series
The series will contain 3 sections:
Trends Country profiles Reforms
• Analyse the Key Give an OECD Present country
policy actions (in constructive perspective practices in selected
recent years) across on countries education areas to understand
countries policies: context, reform choices and
• Present the future challenges and policy processes of
issues oriented responses, including implementation.
towards the future spotlights on promising
practices.

5. Education Policy Outlook: country profiles
For policy makers...
Each profile reviews three questions:
1. Students: How to raise outcomes for all in
terms of equity and quality and preparing
students for the future?
2. Institutions: How to raise the quality of
instruction through school improvement and
evaluation and assessment?
3. Systems: How are governance and funding of
education systems aligned to be effective?

6. Education Policy Outlook: Implementation of
reforms
For policy makers…
Framework of analysis
Topics for reform analysis in 2014:
What is the challenge?
 How can countries introduce reforms
that balance summative and
formative functions of evaluation
and assessment? What are the policy
options?
 What strategies are appropriate for
policy makers to support the
development of innovative learning
environments? How is the policy and
implementation process?

7. Education Policy Outlook: stakeholder engagement
•OECD Education Directorate:
•Draft and complete the publication
•Dissemination of key findings
•Countries:
•Oversight and guidance
•Consultation to review and update information
•Dissemination of key findings
•Education stakeholders:
•Consultation through OECD’s Business and
Industry Advisory Committee and Trade Union
Advisory Committee

8. For more information
Beatriz Pont, Sr. Policy Analyst
beatriz.pont@oecd.org
Sylvain Fraccola, Project Assistant
Sylvain.fraccola@oecd.org
www.oecd.org/EDU/PolicyOutlook.htm