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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Other Education Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21101
id okr-10986-21101
recordtype oai_dc
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
en_US
topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank Group
Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Kazakhstan
description 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 half a year of schooling were achieved. According to the OECD, 40 points in PISA is equivalent to what students learn in one year of schooling. The improvements reduced the gap with other countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) by almost half. Moreover, the performance improvements of the lowest achievers in 2009 and 2012 outpaced those of their higher achieving peers at a rate that compares favorably against OECD countries. However, performance on reading improved only marginally and overall reading achievement remained low, with some groups of students actually performing worse in 2012. Kazakhstan's PISA performance places it significantly behind other countries, especially in reading. Countries with income per capita levels similar to Kazakhstan's (namely Turkey and Russia) performed significantly better in math, science, and reading. Most importantly, Kazakh reading scores still lag about one year of schooling behind the ECA average and almost two years of schooling behind OECD. Public expenditures on education are lowest in Kazakhstan compared with other PISA 2012 participating countries, which likely hampers the country's ability to ensure effective learning for all. Any increase in public spending on education will have to be aligned with careful policy reform decision making, since resources alone do not guarantee attainment of desired education outcomes.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012
title_short Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012
title_full Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012
title_fullStr Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012
title_sort strengthening kazakhstan's education systems : an analysis of pisa 2009 and 2012
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21101
_version_ 1764447327958859776
spelling okr-10986-211012021-04-23T14:04:00Z Strengthening Kazakhstan's Education Systems : An Analysis of PISA 2009 and 2012 World Bank Group 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 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 half a year of schooling were achieved. According to the OECD, 40 points in PISA is equivalent to what students learn in one year of schooling. The improvements reduced the gap with other countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) by almost half. Moreover, the performance improvements of the lowest achievers in 2009 and 2012 outpaced those of their higher achieving peers at a rate that compares favorably against OECD countries. However, performance on reading improved only marginally and overall reading achievement remained low, with some groups of students actually performing worse in 2012. Kazakhstan's PISA performance places it significantly behind other countries, especially in reading. Countries with income per capita levels similar to Kazakhstan's (namely Turkey and Russia) performed significantly better in math, science, and reading. Most importantly, Kazakh reading scores still lag about one year of schooling behind the ECA average and almost two years of schooling behind OECD. Public expenditures on education are lowest in Kazakhstan compared with other PISA 2012 participating countries, which likely hampers the country's ability to ensure effective learning for all. Any increase in public spending on education will have to be aligned with careful policy reform decision making, since resources alone do not guarantee attainment of desired education outcomes. 2015-01-06T17:51:19Z 2015-01-06T17:51:19Z 2014-12-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21101 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study Europe and Central Asia Kazakhstan