Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth

The quality and relevance of education are paramount to achieve economic growth. International research shows that the subject matter learned and skillset developed in the classroom is the foundation for future success in the work place, and serves...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17893756/quality-education-counts-skills-growth
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spelling okr-10986-236952021-04-23T14:04:16Z Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth World Bank ACADEMIC COURSES ADULT POPULATION ADULTS AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT BASIC SKILLS CLASSROOM COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULUM EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS KNOWLEDGE SHARING LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATHEMATICS MIGRATION NUMERACY OCCUPATIONS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY SCHOOL PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRESS QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL LEAVERS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS SCIENCE TEACHERS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SKILLS STANDARDIZED TESTS SUBJECT AREAS TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT VIRGIN WORKFORCE YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT The quality and relevance of education are paramount to achieve economic growth. International research shows that the subject matter learned and skillset developed in the classroom is the foundation for future success in the work place, and serves as a superior predictor of economic growth compared with the number of years of school. One recent study, using a database of comparable test scores for over 50 countries, finds that a single standard deviation difference in tests scores between countries equates to roughly 2 percentage points in annual long-term Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. These findings hold true across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries and all geographical regions. Despite significant investments in formal education, economic growth in the region has slowed in recent years and there is a need for improved labor productivity. 2016-01-29T18:05:27Z 2016-01-29T18:05:27Z 2013-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17893756/quality-education-counts-skills-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23695 English en_US Caribbean Knowledge Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Latin America & Caribbean
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topic ACADEMIC COURSES
ADULT POPULATION
ADULTS
AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BASIC SKILLS
CLASSROOM
COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
CRITICAL THINKING
CURRICULUM
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION COMMUNITY
EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION QUALITY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
HIGHER EDUCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
INTERVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MATHEMATICS
MIGRATION
NUMERACY
OCCUPATIONS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROGRESS
QUALIFIED TEACHERS
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SCHOOL LEAVERS
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE TEACHERS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SKILLS
STANDARDIZED TESTS
SUBJECT AREAS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
VIRGIN
WORKFORCE
YOUTH
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle ACADEMIC COURSES
ADULT POPULATION
ADULTS
AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BASIC SKILLS
CLASSROOM
COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
CRITICAL THINKING
CURRICULUM
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION COMMUNITY
EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION QUALITY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
HIGHER EDUCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
INTERVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MATHEMATICS
MIGRATION
NUMERACY
OCCUPATIONS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROGRESS
QUALIFIED TEACHERS
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SCHOOL LEAVERS
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE TEACHERS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SKILLS
STANDARDIZED TESTS
SUBJECT AREAS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
VIRGIN
WORKFORCE
YOUTH
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
World Bank
Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth
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description The quality and relevance of education are paramount to achieve economic growth. International research shows that the subject matter learned and skillset developed in the classroom is the foundation for future success in the work place, and serves as a superior predictor of economic growth compared with the number of years of school. One recent study, using a database of comparable test scores for over 50 countries, finds that a single standard deviation difference in tests scores between countries equates to roughly 2 percentage points in annual long-term Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. These findings hold true across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries and all geographical regions. Despite significant investments in formal education, economic growth in the region has slowed in recent years and there is a need for improved labor productivity.
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title Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth
title_short Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth
title_full Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth
title_fullStr Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth
title_full_unstemmed Quality Education Counts for Skills and Growth
title_sort quality education counts for skills and growth
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17893756/quality-education-counts-skills-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23695
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