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International Comparisons of Education Indicators, February 2010, 25/02/10 [W]

This article summarises comparisons of Wales with other countries, drawn from Education at a Glance (EAG) 2009, the results of PISA 2006 and other indicators published by Eurostat.

Key points include:

The mean score for 15 year olds in Wales was similar to the OECD average for science and below the OECD average for reading and mathematics.
Primary class sizes were considerably higher in Wales than most countries. Conversely secondary class sizes were smaller than average.
Student: staff ratios were also higher in Wales, especially at primary and secondary level. The student to staff ratio for tertiary education ranked more favourably, but was still amongst the top half of countries analysed.

Further information is available on the Welsh Assembly Government website.

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