World Bank2012-06-122012-06-122008-11-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7875The main objective of this report is to analyze student learning in Colombia in order to foster policies to improve education quality that are grounded in research and the Colombian context. In 2006, Colombia participated for the first time in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which provides an important opportunity to benchmark the quality and equity of its education system globally and to inform its education policy. Using the PISA results, this report calls attention to the need for improved student learning in Colombia and provides new analytical work on the factors associated with learning in Colombia and other participant countries. Based on an assessment of the current state of the Colombian education system (chapter first), a review of the relevant literature (chapter second), an analysis of PISA (chapter third), and the report concludes with a set of policy options that may inform a future agenda for system design and reform (chapter fourth).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSENTEEISMACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTACADEMIC ASSESSMENTSACADEMIC EFFECTSACADEMIC INFRASTRUCTUREACADEMIC OUTCOMESACADEMIC PERFORMANCEACADEMIC SUCCESSACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATIONACCESS TO SCHOOLINGACHIEVEMENT DATAACHIEVEMENT TESTSADULTSAPTITUDEASSESSMENT SYSTEMAVERAGE SCHOOLINGBETTER LEARNINGCAREERCERTIFICATION PROCESSCERTIFIED TEACHERSCIVIC EDUCATIONCLASS SIZECLASS SIZESCLASSROOMCLASSROOM TEACHINGCOGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENTCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPARING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTCOMPETENCIESCOMPLETION RATESCOST OF EDUCATIONCOURSE CONTENTCRITICAL THINKINGCURRICULUMDECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONDEMAND FOR EDUCATIONDISADVANTAGED POPULATIONSDROPOUT RATESEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION ADMINISTRATIONEDUCATION INDICATORSEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION PLANNINGEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ACCESSEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCEEDUCATIONAL POLICYEDUCATIONAL RESOURCESEDUCATIONAL SERVICESEDUCATORSEFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTELEMENTSENROLLMENT INCREASESENROLLMENT OF STUDENTSENROLLMENT RATESENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONETHNIC MINORITYEXAMSFORMAL SCHOOLINGFREE EDUCATIONGRADUATION RATEGROSS ENROLLMENTHIGH DROPOUTHIGH DROPOUT RATEHIGHER DROPOUTHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHIGHER EDUCATION OUTCOMESHIGHER GRADESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSINDIGENOUS PEOPLEINSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSINSTRUCTIONAL TIMEINTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENTINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONLEARNINGLEARNING OUTCOMESLIBRARY BOOKSLITERACYLITERACY DEVELOPMENTLITERATURELOW-INCOME STUDENTSLOWER ENROLLMENTLOWER SECONDARYLOWER SECONDARY LEVELMATH SCORESMATHEMATICSNATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENT DATANATIONAL ASSESSMENTSNATIONAL CURRICULUMNATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTHNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION PLANNATURAL SCIENCESPEDAGOGICAL TOOLSPEER GROUPPERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICSPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONPRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE SCHOOLPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROBLEM SOLVINGPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTSPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGREPEATERSRESEARCH LITERATURERESEARCH METHODSRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURAL SCHOOLSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL AUTONOMYSCHOOL CURRICULUMSCHOOL DAYSCHOOL DIRECTORSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL READINESSSCHOOLSSCIENCE LABORATORIESSCIENCE SCORESSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECONDARY STUDENTSSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL WELFARESPORTSSTATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSSTUDENT ACCESSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT CHARACTERISTICSSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT POPULATIONSTUDENT PROGRESSSTUDENT SELECTIONSUBJECTSTEACHERTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHER SALARIESTEACHER SHORTAGESTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER-STUDENT RATIOTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING METHODSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEST SCORESTEXTBOOKSTUITIONUNIVERSAL COVERAGEUNIVERSITY DEGREEUNIVERSITY PROGRAMSUPPER SECONDARYUPPER SECONDARY EDUCATIONURBAN SCHOOLSWorld Bank10.1596/7875