The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published the "Education at a Glance" report since 2001, and it presents a wealth of information about the comparative state of education across its member countries. As the introduction to the report notes, "The indicators look at who participates in education, what is spent on it, and how education systems operate and at the...

Designed to help people compare education systems in different countries, this annual report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (also discussed in the December 14, 1999 Scout Report for Social Sciences & Humanities) gives data on an array of indicators for the OECD's 30 member countries and some non-member countries as well. The indicators fall into three basic...