International Education and Relevant Data Sources

Analytical observatory that monitors the evolution of policy priorities and policy developments from early childhood education to adult education, mainly among OECD-country education systems.

The Eurydice Network provides information on and analyses of European education systems and policies.

Education plans and policies from UNESCO Member States. Documents from various official sources. Maintained by the IIEP Documentation Centre and is partly funded by EPDF (Education Programme Development Fund).

These profiles aim to describe all countries' laws and policies on key education themes as evidence for implementing national education strategies. PEER is a component of Unesco's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) program.

Periodic international assessments of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading. Publicationsinclude encyclopedias for each data collection wave that describe each country's education system structure, primary grade curricula, and policies relating to subject instruction.

WHED provides fact sheets on national higher education systems and their credentials. WHED also provides directory information for more than 21,000 higher educational institutions worldwide. Basic searching is free to the world; more advanced search options are restricted to IAU members.