New Data Reveal a Learning Crisis that Threatens Development Around the World

New data released today by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not reaching minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics. This signals a learning crisis that could threaten progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Faire avancer le programme de suivi de l’apprentissage à l’échelle mondiale

Dans le cadre de ses efforts pour élaborer les méthodologies et les rapports des données de l’Objectif de développement durable 4 (ODD 4), l’ISU invite des experts techniques des organisations régionales et internationales d’évaluation de l’apprentissage à la Seconde réunion sur les évaluations internationales. Organisée par l’Association internationale pour l’évaluation du rendement scolaire (IEA), la réunion est convoquée à Hambourg, en Allemagne, du 21 au 22 septembre 2017.

How Do We Develop Education Indicators? Read our New Paper

A new methodological paper explains the process undertaken by UIS experts to produce internationally-comparable education indicators. Entitled “UIS Indicator Development in the Field of Education”, the paper explains how the Institute takes measures to reduce the burden on survey respondents by using existing mechanisms and outlines the steps taken to produce new indicators.

Building a True Picture of Lifelong Learning

New data on learning are steadily coming on-stream, helping us to gauge the extent to which children and youth, in school and out, are learning acquiring the skills they need to build their lives. This week at the UKFIET (The Education and Development Forum) Conference in London, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) has set out progress on the development of a global approach to measure learning. The UIS presentation showed the challenges and the most feasible solutions to resolve them.

Tracking Literacy in an Increasingly Digital World

The theme of this year's International Literacy Day on Friday, 8 September, is ‘Literacy in a Digital World’. The Day aims to highlight the kind of literacy skills people need to navigate this world and the literacy policies and programmes that can leverage the opportunities such a world provides.

Outils de renforcement des capacités

L’ISU a élaboré les outils suivants afin d’aider les pays à collecter des données pour surveiller les progrès réalisés sur la voie de l’ODD 4 et des objectifs de l’Agenda Éducation 2030 :

Métadonnées des Indicateurs mondiaux et thématiques pour le Suivi et l’Examen de l’ODD 4 et de l’Agenda Éducation 2030

Recenser les sources de données potentielles pour surveiller l’ODD 4

Moving Up a Gear: The CapED Initiative

In 2015, the international community agreed on Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), which now forms the universal education agenda to 2030. Many countries still have a far way to go to reach these targets, and to do this, they will need external support to overhaul their education systems. There are two dimensions at stake to achieve SDG 4: identification of policy priorities and the associated data availability and quality to monitor progress.

Learning Progression Explorer: Tell Us What You Think

The push for globally-comparable measures of learning is truly underway, with work well advanced through the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) to develop common metrics to benchmark student performance in reading and mathematics. The development of common metrics is fundamental to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): ensure inclusive and quality education for all by 2030.

Passer à la vitesse supérieure : Initiative CapED

La recherche des données nécessaires pour réaliser les objectifs mondiaux d’éducation passe à la vitesse supérieure grâce aux efforts du secteur Éducation de l’UNESCO et de l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO (ISU) dans la mise en œuvre d’une initiative pilote de l’Objectif de développement durable 4 (ODD 4) dans dix pays dans le cadre du Programme de renforcement des capacités pour l’éducation (CapED) de l’UNESCO.