Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

A Study for Developing Asian Educational Indicators

The study starts with the understanding that the development of educational indicators has been led by Western developed countries. Accordingly, existing educational indicators may not be suitable to assess or expose the particularity of educational systems of Asian countries. Specifically, as international needs for educational indicators have been increased, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) started a project on educational indicator development (INdicators of Education Systems, INES) in 1988. 'Education At a Glance (EAG) : OECD Indicators', which is published every year as a result of the INES project, is widely cited and used to understand each country’s educational situations. Many international organizations such as World Bank, UNESCO, UN, and EU have been also involved in projects on international education indicators. Since the development of educational indicators has been led by Western developed countries, existing educational indicators may fall short of capturing educational particularity of Asian countries. With this assumption, the study intends to develop educational indicators that can better reflect educational particularity of Asian countries and to find ways of collecting data and managing the project, Asian Education Indicators, so called.