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Governments are increasingly looking to international comparisons of education opportunities and outcomes as they develop policies to enhance individuals’ social and economic prospects, provide incentives for greater efficiency in schooling, and help to mobilise resources to meet rising demands. The OECD Directorate for Education and Skills contributes to these efforts by developing and analysing the quantitative, internationally comparable indicators that it publishes annually in Education at a Glance. Together with OECD country policy reviews, these indicators can be used to assist governments in building more effective and equitable education systems.
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Who has not seen the glow in a child’s eyes when asked what they want to be when they grow up? Who does not reminisce about their own childhood dreams of a career? Typically, such dreams revolve around saving people, conducting breakthrough scientific research, fighting for justice, conveying emotion through the arts, or teaching the children of tomorrow. But often the careers people choose for themselves are nothing like the ones they dreamed of as children; this is because the factors that motivate students to pursue a career in a given field can be much more complex than assumed.
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