Learning Outcomes in Thailand : What Can We Learn from International Assessments?

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:06:02Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:06:02Z
dc.date	2012-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:40:37Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:40:37Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20120125004047
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2723
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243092
dc.description	Education quality is crucial to Thailand's future economic success. While lower-income countries in East Asia are experiencing a bulge in their youth population, Thailand's youth labor force is expected to decline by 10 percent over the next decade. As a result, the labor-intensive comparative advantage that contributed significantly to Thailand's past economic performance will diminish. This means that it is essential for Thailand to develop the human capital of its declining young work force to ensure the country's future competitiveness and economic growth. Education is a significant component of human capital development, the economic benefits of which are firmly established in the policy literature to have a positive effect on economic growth. However, the success or failure of education in terms of increasing productivity and growth depends crucially on its quality. Thailand has participated in two international student assessments to measure the quality of education: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD's) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the IEA's Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This study also supports policy dialogue on improving accountability mechanisms for publically funded private schools. The above findings reveal that public schools outperform private schools even though private schools receive public funding. The implication is that the accountability mechanism for private schools that receive public funding needs to be improved in order to ensure that private schools are providing high quality services. There are several international examples of strong accountability mechanisms for publically funded private schools. One example is the voucher scheme used in the Netherlands. This provides schools with equal funding per student with which schools have considerable freedom on how to use this funding; however, they must meet specific performance requirements.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCREDITATION
dc.subject	ACCREDITATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject	ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
dc.subject	ANNUAL FEES
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subject	BILINGUAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS
dc.subject	CERTIFICATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	CLASS SIZE
dc.subject	CLASS SIZES
dc.subject	CLASSROOM
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	COMPLETION RATES
dc.subject	CRITICAL THINKING
dc.subject	CURRICULA
dc.subject	CURRICULUM
dc.subject	CURRICULUM REVISION
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEGREES
dc.subject	DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
dc.subject	DIDACTIC MATERIALS
dc.subject	DROPOUT RATE
dc.subject	DROPOUT RATES
dc.subject	EDUCATED PEOPLE
dc.subject	EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATION COMMUNITY
dc.subject	EDUCATION COUNCILS
dc.subject	EDUCATION FOR ALL
dc.subject	EDUCATION LEADERS
dc.subject	EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject	EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	EDUCATION PROJECTS
dc.subject	EDUCATION QUALITY
dc.subject	EDUCATION REFORM
dc.subject	EDUCATION REFORMS
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATION SERVICES
dc.subject	EDUCATION STATISTICS
dc.subject	EDUCATION STUDENTS
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EDUCATION TEACHERS
dc.subject	EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL POLICY
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject	EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject	EVALUATION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	EXAMS
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FIRST GRADE
dc.subject	FREE BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	GENDER PARITY
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GROSS COMPLETION RATE
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subject	HIGH DROPOUT
dc.subject	HOME VISITS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL STUDY
dc.subject	INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	INSERVICE TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LEADERSHIP
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	LEARNING MATERIAL
dc.subject	LEARNING MATERIALS
dc.subject	LEARNING MODULES
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LEARNING RESOURCES
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LIBRARY BOOKS
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LITERATURE
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
dc.subject	MATHEMATICS
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	NATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	NET ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	NET ENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subject	NET ENROLLMENT RATIOS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF STUDENTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER CLASS
dc.subject	OPEN SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PARENT PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY LEARNING
dc.subject	PASS RATE
dc.subject	PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject	PHYSICAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRESCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRINTING
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subject	PROVISION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	PROVISION OF TECHNICAL
dc.subject	PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY STANDARDS
dc.subject	RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS
dc.subject	REPETITION
dc.subject	REPETITION RATE
dc.subject	RESOURCE CENTER
dc.subject	RESOURCE CENTERS
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject	RURAL STUDENTS
dc.subject	SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
dc.subject	SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
dc.subject	SCHOLARSHIPS
dc.subject	SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
dc.subject	SCHOOL DIRECTORS
dc.subject	SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL FURNITURE
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVELS
dc.subject	SCHOOL LIBRARIES
dc.subject	SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL MAPPING
dc.subject	SCHOOL POPULATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
dc.subject	SCHOOL PROGRAMS
dc.subject	SCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subject	SCHOOL SUPERVISION
dc.subject	SCHOOL SUPERVISOR
dc.subject	SCHOOL TEACHERS
dc.subject	SCHOOL YEAR
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SCIENCE EDUCATION
dc.subject	SCIENCE LABORATORIES
dc.subject	SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
dc.subject	SECONDARY STUDENTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subject	STANDARDIZED TESTS
dc.subject	STATE EDUCATION
dc.subject	STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT CERTIFICATION
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	STUDENT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	TEACHER
dc.subject	TEACHER CERTIFICATION
dc.subject	TEACHER SUPPORT
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	TEACHING POSITIONS
dc.subject	TEACHING STAFF
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	UNIVERSITIES
dc.subject	URBAN SCHOOLS
dc.subject	URBAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	USE OF TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	WORKING HOURS
dc.title	Learning Outcomes in Thailand : What Can We Learn from International Assessments?
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study
dc.coverage	Thailand