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International and Comparative Education Websites
The links here for International and Comparative Education include a sampling of educational organisations, government bodies and a range of networks and associations dealing with education around the world.
Academy for Educational Development www.aed.org
Organisation working to increase access to education in more than 30 developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Association of Commonwealth Universities www.acu.ac.uk
Basic Education Coalition www.basiced.org
Group of 19 development organisations working at increasing priority of basic education
BBC Country Profiles news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/country_profiles/html/default.stm
Quick guide to history, politics and economies of countries and international institutions
British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) www.baice.ac.uk/
Association promoting teaching, research, policy and development in all aspects of international and comparative education
British Council www.britishcouncil.org/
Centre for International Education (CIE) www.sussex.ac.uk/education/1-4-21.html
Centre promoting work on education and development in low-income countries based within the School of Education, University of Sussex
Centre for International Education and Research (CIER) http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/cier/
Centre which aims to further the study of education across a range of international contexts and to supply a base for research into education which is comparative and international in nature, based at the School of Education, University of Birmingham
Centre for Research in International Education (New Zealand) crie.org.nz/
Centre for the Study of Education in an International Context (CEIC) www.bath.ac.uk/ceic/
Academic research centre based at the University of Bath
Commonwealth Consortium for Education www.commonwealtheducation.org/
Consortium comprised of a group of education-related Commonwealth NGOs
Commonwealth of Learning www.col.org
Intergovernmental organisation encouraging development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technology
Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC): Faculty of Education (Hong Kong) www.hku.hk/cerc
Department for International Development (DFID- UK) www.dfid.gov.uk/
Development Education Association (DEA) www.dea.org.uk/
UK-based charity promoting global learning and global issues as poverty and climate change
Education Development Center (EDC) www.edc.org/
Non-profit education organisation conducting research and developing programs in child development, education, health promotion, workforce preparation, learning technologies and reform
Education International (EI) www.ei-ie.org/en/
Organisation representing teachers and education workers from around the world
Education Systems International educationsystems-international.dipf.de/
Database offering links to institutions, databases, full texts and collections of facts from over 230 countries and regions with descriptions in German and English
Educational Testing Service (ETS) www.ets.org
Service developing, administering and scoring tests in more than 180 countries
ELDIS www.eldis.org
Gateway to development policy, practice and research
Global Campaign for Education www.campaignforeducation.org/
Website in Arabic, English, French and Spanish
Global Gateway www.globalgateway.org.uk
International or UK versions promoting international educational partnerships
Global Interactions www.globalinteractions.org/
Global partnerships through education, science, technology and business
id21 education (UK) www.id21.org/education
Development research reporting service providing UK-sourced research on developing countries
IDP: Database of Research in International Education www.idp.com/research/database_of_research.aspx
Database of trends in education in Australia and abroad
Institute of Development Studies www.ids.ac.uk/
Global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development
Institute of International Education www.iie.org/
Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) www.ineesite.org/
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) www.iea.nl
International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL) www-icdl.open.ac.uk
Database of educational information supplied by the Institute of Educational Technology and the Library of Open University
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) www.icde.org
Global network promoting co-operation and understanding through flexible and online learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) www.pisa.oecd.org/
Assessment of reading, mathematics and science for 15-year-olds conducted every three years
Overseas Development Institute www.odi.org.uk
Institute aiming to reduce poverty through sustainable methods in developing countries
Right to Education Project www.right-to-education.org/node/271
Website searchable by theme or country
TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center www.pirls.org/
Website dedicated to conducting comparative studies in educational achievement. TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) provides international trend data on mathematics and science achievement Assessment; data collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. PIRLS assessed reading literacy of children in 35 countries in 2001 and 45 education systems in 2006.
UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research (UCCER) www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/centres/uccer/
Centre at the University of Nottingham’s School of Education focusing on policy and practice in the context of international development
UNESCO: Education www.unesco.org/en/education
UNESCO: Education for All International Coordination www.unesco.org/en/efa-international-coordination
UNESCO: International Association of Universities – IAU Online Database www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/list.html
Database of the names (only) of universities and higher education institutions in over 180 countries worldwide
UNESCO: International Bureau of Education (IBE) www.ibe.unesco.org
UNESCO: International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) www.unesco.org/iiep
UNESCO-UNEVOC (International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training) www.unevoc.unesco.org/
UNICEF www.unicef.org
United Nations www.un.org/
United Nations University (UNU) www.unu.edu/
VOCED www.voced.edu.au/
UNESCO/NCVER research database for technical and vocational education and training research World Bank: Education www.worldbank.org/education
Organisation aiming to help countries integrate education into national economic strategies and to develop education systems through programmes like Education For All (EFA) and, through Education for the Knowledge Economy (EKE)
World Bank: Education for All Fast Track Initiative (EFA) www.worldbank.org/education/efafti
Global partnership of aiming to bring the benefits of education to ‘every citizen in every society’
World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) www.wcces.net/
World Education Database www.world-education-database.org/About.htm
Database including ministries of education, education portals and school lists
World Education Services (WES) www.wes.org/
Portal for education around the world including ,World Education News & Reviews (WENR), a news source on comparative international education
World Health Organization www.who.int/en
World Learning www.worldlearning.org
The links here for International and Comparative Education include a sampling of educational organisations, government bodies and a range of networks and associations dealing with education around the world.
Academy for Educational Development www.aed.org
Organisation working to increase access to education in more than 30 developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Association of Commonwealth Universities www.acu.ac.uk
Basic Education Coalition www.basiced.org
Group of 19 development organisations working at increasing priority of basic education
BBC Country Profiles news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/country_profiles/html/default.stm
Quick guide to history, politics and economies of countries and international institutions
British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) www.baice.ac.uk/
Association promoting teaching, research, policy and development in all aspects of international and comparative education
British Council www.britishcouncil.org/
Centre for International Education (CIE) www.sussex.ac.uk/education/1-4-21.html
Centre promoting work on education and development in low-income countries based within the School of Education, University of Sussex
Centre for International Education and Research (CIER) http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/cier/
Centre which aims to further the study of education across a range of international contexts and to supply a base for research into education which is comparative and international in nature, based at the School of Education, University of Birmingham
Centre for Research in International Education (New Zealand) crie.org.nz/
Centre for the Study of Education in an International Context (CEIC) www.bath.ac.uk/ceic/
Academic research centre based at the University of Bath
Commonwealth Consortium for Education www.commonwealtheducation.org/
Consortium comprised of a group of education-related Commonwealth NGOs
Commonwealth of Learning www.col.org
Intergovernmental organisation encouraging development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technology
Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC): Faculty of Education (Hong Kong) www.hku.hk/cerc
Department for International Development (DFID- UK) www.dfid.gov.uk/
Development Education Association (DEA) www.dea.org.uk/
UK-based charity promoting global learning and global issues as poverty and climate change
Education Development Center (EDC) www.edc.org/
Non-profit education organisation conducting research and developing programs in child development, education, health promotion, workforce preparation, learning technologies and reform
Education International (EI) www.ei-ie.org/en/
Organisation representing teachers and education workers from around the world
Education Systems International educationsystems-international.dipf.de/
Database offering links to institutions, databases, full texts and collections of facts from over 230 countries and regions with descriptions in German and English
Educational Testing Service (ETS) www.ets.org
Service developing, administering and scoring tests in more than 180 countries
ELDIS www.eldis.org
Gateway to development policy, practice and research
Global Campaign for Education www.campaignforeducation.org/
Website in Arabic, English, French and Spanish
Global Gateway www.globalgateway.org.uk
International or UK versions promoting international educational partnerships
Global Interactions www.globalinteractions.org/
Global partnerships through education, science, technology and business
id21 education (UK) www.id21.org/education
Development research reporting service providing UK-sourced research on developing countries
IDP: Database of Research in International Education www.idp.com/research/database_of_research.aspx
Database of trends in education in Australia and abroad
Institute of Development Studies www.ids.ac.uk/
Global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development
Institute of International Education www.iie.org/
Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) www.ineesite.org/
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) www.iea.nl
International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL) www-icdl.open.ac.uk
Database of educational information supplied by the Institute of Educational Technology and the Library of Open University
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) www.icde.org
Global network promoting co-operation and understanding through flexible and online learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) www.pisa.oecd.org/
Assessment of reading, mathematics and science for 15-year-olds conducted every three years
Overseas Development Institute www.odi.org.uk
Institute aiming to reduce poverty through sustainable methods in developing countries
Right to Education Project www.right-to-education.org/node/271
Website searchable by theme or country
TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center www.pirls.org/
Website dedicated to conducting comparative studies in educational achievement. TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) provides international trend data on mathematics and science achievement Assessment; data collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. PIRLS assessed reading literacy of children in 35 countries in 2001 and 45 education systems in 2006.
UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research (UCCER) www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/centres/uccer/
Centre at the University of Nottingham’s School of Education focusing on policy and practice in the context of international development
UNESCO: Education www.unesco.org/en/education
UNESCO: Education for All International Coordination www.unesco.org/en/efa-international-coordination
UNESCO: International Association of Universities – IAU Online Database www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/list.html
Database of the names (only) of universities and higher education institutions in over 180 countries worldwide
UNESCO: International Bureau of Education (IBE) www.ibe.unesco.org
UNESCO: International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) www.unesco.org/iiep
UNESCO-UNEVOC (International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training) www.unevoc.unesco.org/
UNICEF www.unicef.org
United Nations www.un.org/
United Nations University (UNU) www.unu.edu/
VOCED www.voced.edu.au/
UNESCO/NCVER research database for technical and vocational education and training research World Bank: Education www.worldbank.org/education
Organisation aiming to help countries integrate education into national economic strategies and to develop education systems through programmes like Education For All (EFA) and, through Education for the Knowledge Economy (EKE)
World Bank: Education for All Fast Track Initiative (EFA) www.worldbank.org/education/efafti
Global partnership of aiming to bring the benefits of education to ‘every citizen in every society’
World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) www.wcces.net/
World Education Database www.world-education-database.org/About.htm
Database including ministries of education, education portals and school lists
World Education Services (WES) www.wes.org/
Portal for education around the world including ,World Education News & Reviews (WENR), a news source on comparative international education
World Health Organization www.who.int/en
World Learning www.worldlearning.org