OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Student Assessment in Turkey

Download or read book OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Student Assessment in Turkey written by Kitchen Hannah and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey’s education system stands out internationally as a success story. In recent decades, participation has been vastly expanded, becoming universal at lower levels of schooling and outperforming other middle-income countries in upper secondary education. However, the education system is also marked by disparities, with only around half of 15-year olds acquiring the essential competencies they need for life and work.