Quality of education in Colombia - Achievements and challenges ahead : analysis of the results of TIMSS 1995-2007

The 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....

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Education Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS ACADEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ACHIEVEMENT DATA ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACHIEVEMENTS APTITUDE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AVERAGE ENROLLMENT AVERAGE TEST SCORES BASIC COMPETENCIES BOOKS AT HOME CALL CAREER CERTIFICATION PROCESS CERTIFIED TEACHERS CHILD LABOR CLASS SIZE CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TEACHING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE DOMAINS COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLEGE ADMISSIONS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETENCIES COMPLETION RATES COMPUTER AT HOME COST OF EDUCATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION DESIGNING INTERVENTIONS DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION ASSESSMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION MINISTER EDUCATION MODELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION PLANNING EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACCESS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS EIGHTH-GRADE EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS EIGHTH-GRADERS ELEMENTS ENROLLMENT INCREASES ENROLLMENT RATES EXAMS GIRLS GRADE LEVELS GRADE MATH SCORE GRADUATION RATE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INNOVATIVE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION INTAKE RATES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERVENTIONS JOB SATISFACTION KNOWLEDGE BASE LABOR MARKETS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING RESOURCES LECTURES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT LITERATURE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS LOWER SECONDARY MATH ACHIEVEMENT MATH PROFICIENCY MATH SCORES MATH TEACHER MATHEMATICS EDUCATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NATURAL SCIENCES NUTRITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS PARENTAL PARTICIPATION PARENTAL SUPPORT PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS PEDAGOGY PEER GROUP PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY REPETITION RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING READING REASONING REPETITION REPETITION RATES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH LITERATURE RURAL AREAS RURAL EDUCATION RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLS SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT SCIENCE CONCEPTS SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY STUDENTS SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENT ACCESS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT SELECTION STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER EVALUATION TEACHER EXPECTATIONS TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TUTORING UPPER SECONDARY VOUCHERS YOUNG PEOPLE
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Summary:	The 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.

Quality of education in Colombia - Achievements and challenges ahead : analysis of the results of TIMSS 1995-2007

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