World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-08-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2916The main objective of this report is to analyze the effect of time changes and factors associated with student achievement in Colombia in order to foster policies to improve education quality that are grounded in research and the Colombian context. In 2007, Colombia participated for the second time in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), providing a first-time opportunity to analyze the effects of time changes on student achievement over a period (1995-2007) during which a number of education reforms were made. Using the TIMSS 2007 results offers a chance to deepen the study on the factors associated with learning in Colombia and to benchmark Colombia's education system against that of other countries. This effort began during the first phase of the Colombia Programmatic Quality and Relevance of Education Analytic and Advisory Activities (AAA), in which an analysis of Colombia's debut in the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), resulted in publication of, 'the quality of education in Colombia: an analysis and options for a policy agenda' report (hereafter, 'PISA report'). The present report builds on this work through an analysis of Colombia's participation in TIMSS 2007 in relation to its performance on TIMSS 1995, and reaffirms the urgent need for improved student learning outcomes in Colombia, further confirming a number of the policy options put forward in the PISA report to inform a future agenda for system design and reform.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSENTEEISMACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTACADEMIC ASSESSMENTSACADEMIC INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO SCHOOLINGACHIEVEMENT DATAACHIEVEMENT TESTSACHIEVEMENTSAPTITUDEASSESSMENT SYSTEMAVERAGE ENROLLMENTAVERAGE TEST SCORESBASIC COMPETENCIESBOOKS AT HOMECALLCAREERCERTIFICATION PROCESSCERTIFIED TEACHERSCHILD LABORCLASS SIZECLASS TIMECLASSROOMCLASSROOM TEACHINGCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCOGNITIVE DOMAINSCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOLLEGE ADMISSIONSCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPETENCIESCOMPLETION RATESCOMPUTER AT HOMECOST OF EDUCATIONCURRICULACURRICULUMDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONDESIGNING INTERVENTIONSDISADVANTAGED POPULATIONSDISADVANTAGED STUDENTSDROPOUT RATESEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION ASSESSMENTEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION MINISTEREDUCATION MODELSEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION PLANNINGEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ACCESSEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL POLICYEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMEIGHTH GRADE STUDENTSEIGHTH-GRADEEIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTSEIGHTH-GRADERSELEMENTSENROLLMENT INCREASESENROLLMENT RATESEXAMSGIRLSGRADE LEVELSGRADE MATH SCOREGRADUATION RATEHIGH ACHIEVEMENTHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHOMEWORKHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINNOVATIVE EDUCATIONINSTRUCTIONINTAKE RATESINTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONINTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENTINTERNATIONAL STUDIESINTERVENTIONSJOB SATISFACTIONKNOWLEDGE BASELABOR MARKETSLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEARNING RESOURCESLECTURESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLITERACYLITERACY DEVELOPMENTLITERATURELOW-INCOME STUDENTSLOWER SECONDARYMATH ACHIEVEMENTMATH PROFICIENCYMATH SCORESMATH TEACHERMATHEMATICS EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSNATURAL SCIENCESNUTRITIONOPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERSPARENTAL PARTICIPATIONPARENTAL SUPPORTPEDAGOGICAL TOOLSPEDAGOGYPEER GROUPPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY REPETITION RATESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONPRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE SCHOOLINGPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF TEACHINGREADINGREASONINGREPETITIONREPETITION RATESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESEARCH LITERATURERURAL AREASRURAL EDUCATIONRURAL SCHOOLSSCHOOL ACTIVITIESSCHOOL AUTONOMYSCHOOL CLIMATESCHOOL DAYSCHOOL DIRECTORSSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LOCATIONSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL READINESSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLSSCIENCE ACHIEVEMENTSCIENCE CONCEPTSSCIENCE KNOWLEDGESCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECONDARY STUDENTSSOCIAL SCIENCESSTUDENT ACCESSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT CHARACTERISTICSSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT POPULATIONSTUDENT POPULATIONSSTUDENT SELECTIONSTUDENTS IN MATHEMATICSSUBJECT MATTERSUBJECTSTEACHERTEACHER EVALUATIONTEACHER EXPECTATIONSTEACHER QUALITYTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL EXPERTISETENURETERTIARY EDUCATIONTEST SCORESTEXTBOOKSTUTORINGUPPER SECONDARYVOUCHERSYOUNG PEOPLEWorld Bank10.1596/2916