Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012

Kazakhstan's Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 performance improved markedly compared to 2009, and indicated a narrowing achievement gap among students. Math and science performance improvements equivalent to more than h...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Other Education Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABILITY OF STUDENTS ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCESS TO PRESCHOOLS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT DISPARITIES ADMISSION POLICIES AGE GROUPS ANALYTICAL SKILLS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ASSESSMENT TOOLS AVERAGE SCORE BASIC READING BETTER LEARNING CERTIFIED TEACHERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASSROOM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLEGES COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPULSORY EDUCATION CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING DEGREES DISCIPLINES DROPOUT RATE DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY GRADES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION ECONOMICS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STUDENTS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENTRANCE AGE ETHNIC GROUPS EXPENDITURES FORMAL SCHOOLING GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS GIRLS GRADUATE STUDIES GRADUATION RATE HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES HUMAN CAPITAL INDEXES INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT KINDERGARTENS LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LANGUAGE POLICIES LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING STRATEGIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MATH SCORES MATH SKILLS MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS MATHEMATICAL SKILLS MATHEMATICS MEASURING EDUCATION QUALITY MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION MOBILITY MOTHER TONGUE NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NUMERACY NUTRITION OLD STUDENTS PARENTAL EDUCATION PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS PERFORMANCE IN MATH PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS PRINCIPALS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS PROFICIENCY PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY PRESCHOOL QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION READERS READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING SKILLS REASONING RURAL AREAS RURAL DISPARITIES RURAL LOCATIONS RURAL SCHOOLS RURAL STUDENTS SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL INSTRUCTION SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL POLICY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SCIENCE SCORES SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILL ACQUISITION SKILLS ACQUISITION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT PROGRESS STUDENT SCORES STUDENT TEACHER RATIO STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER SHORTAGE TEACHERS TEACHING QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TYPES OF SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION VISUAL RESOURCES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
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