Achieving world class education in Brazil [[electronic resource] ] : the next agenda / / The World Bank

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.981
• Soggetto topico: Education, Secondary - Brazil; Educational change - Brazil
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Brazilian Education 1995-2010: Transformation; Education Finance Reform; Measuring Results; Reducing Schooling Costs for Poor Children; Federal Oversight; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Brazilian Basic Education: Meeting the Challenge?; Meeting the Needs of a 21st Century Economy; Reducing Inequality and Poverty; Transforming Spending into Learning; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Brazilian Basic Education 2011-2021: The Next Agenda; Building Better Teachers; Strengthening Early Childhood Education ; Schooling a 21st Century Workforce: Raising Quality in Secondary EducationMaximizing Federal Impact and Capitalizing on Brazil's Education Action Lab; References; Annex 1. Delivering Results for Children in Rio's Favelas: Escola Municipal Affonso Varzea; Annex 2. Delivering Results for Children in Northeast Brazil: Pernambuco Escola Estadual Tomé Francisco; Annex 3. Access to and Quality of Early Childhood Development in Brazil Compared with the OECD and LAC Countries; Annex 4. Global Evidence on Universal Versus Targeted Early Childhood Development Coverage ; Annex 5. Skills Composition in the Brazilian Labor MarketAnnex 6. Tables; Boxes; 1. Avoiding Perverse Incentives: Brazil's Index of Basic Educational Quality; 2. Basic Numeracy as Measured on PISA; 3. Evaluating the Impact of São Paulo's Prova de Promoção; 4. Holding Teachers Accountable for Performance: Washington D.C.'s IMPACT Program; 5. The U.S. Race to the Top Program; Figures; 1. Primary Education Enrollment by Provider, 1990-2009; 2. FUNDEF/FUNDEB Expenditures, 1998-2010; 3. Cognitive Skills and Economic Growth Across Regions; 4. Cognitive Skills and Economic Growth Across Countries ; 5. PISA 2009 Math Scores, All Countries6. Brazil's PISA Math Performance, 2000-2009; 7. Comparative PISA Math Proficiency, 2009; 8. Math Proficiency on SAEB/Prova Brasil, 1995-2009; 9. Share of Students by Proficiency Level, Reading and Math, PISA 2000-2009; 10. Change in Average Educational Attainment in Brazil, 1993-2009; 11. Shifts in Real Wages for Workers by Years of Schooling, 1993-2009; 12. Changing Demand for Skills in the U.S. Economy, 1959-1999; 13. Changes in Brazil's Occupational Structure, 1980-2009; 14. Evolution of Skills in the Labor Force: United States and Brazil, 1981-2009 ; 15. Skills Evolution in the Top Two Quintiles of the Brazilian Labor Force, 1981-200916. Regional Trends in Educational Attainment, 1993-2009; 17. Educational Attainment by Region, 2009; 18. Educational Attainment for Urban and Rural Populations, 2009; 19. Fourth-Grade Math Performance by Region, 1999-2009; 20. Educational Attainment of 20-Year-Olds Compared with Their Household Heads, 1993-2009; 21. Years of Schooling Completed and PISA Math Performance by Household Income Quintile; 22. Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Education Programs; 23. Consolidated Education Spending, 2000-2009 ; 24. Public Expenditure on Education as a Percentage of GDP in OECD Countries and Brazil, 2007
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the past 15 years, Brazil has introduced a consistent program of reforms of its education system, progressively aligning the educational attainment of its labor force with that of other middle income countries and introducing advanced student assessment and monitoring systems.
• Titolo autorizzato: Achieving world class education in Brazil
• ISBN: 1-283-44660-X; 9786613446602; 0-8213-8855-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464661003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)