Scientific performance, for PISA, measures the scientific literacy of a 15 year-old in the use of scientific knowledge to identify questions, acquire new knowledge, explain scientific phenomena, and draw evidence-based conclusions about science-related issues. The mean score is the measure.

This dataset comprises indicators on gross domestic product (GDP, GDP per capita), income (net national income per capita, net saving rate, real household net disposable income, earnings and wages), expenditure (investment, consumption expenditure), corporate, production (gross value added),...

The performance of a country’s national innovation systems as compared to all OECD countries is represented in Panel 1 of the country profiles of the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2012. A standard set of indicators is used to: i) describe the competences and capacity of the...

Teaching and learning international survey (TALIS) asks a representative sample of teachers and schools in each country about their working conditions and the learning environments. TALIS aims to provide valid, timely and comparable information on education resources to help countries review and...

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating countries and administered to 15-year-olds in schools. Tests are typically administered to between 4 500 and 10 000 students in each country. PISA...