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What’s New on the

EdStats website?

What’s New?

The World Bank Education Statistics Newsletter

The

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Volume V, Issue 4 February 2012

New ADePT Education version released

A new version of the ADePT Education software has been re-

leased. The software is a tool that uses household survey data

sets to analyze gender, income and geographic equity in educa-

tion. ADePT version 5.1 includes 1) a new Custom Tables Fea-

ture, 2) pop-up explanations for ADePT Output, 3) the ability to

load data and project files from internet (URL) and 4) ADePT

Portable Mode, which allows users to run ADePT from external

USB-drives without installing the program on the computer

Pg. 2 Education Data on

the Go: Getting to

know the new Ed-

Stats DataFinder

App.

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The DATA and FA-

VORITES tabs

Exporting and

Emailing Charts and

Tables

www.worldbank.org/education/edstats/

EdStats team welcomes new manager

The EdStats team welcomes Vy Thao Nguyen, the new EdStats

team leader. Ms. Nguyen is an Education Economist whose cur-

rent work focuses on the development of system assessment

and benchmarking tools for equality in education. Prior to joining

the Education Unit, she worked as a researcher at the Research

Group of the World Bank in the topics of women’s fertility and

labor force participation and educational inequalities in Laos and

the Philippines. Ms. Nguyen received a doctorate in economics

from the American University, Washington D.C.

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EdStats recently launched our first iPhone/iPad

application, the World Bank EdStats

DataFinder. This free app provides mobile ac-

cess to the 2000+ education indicators found in

the World Bank’s education statistics database

(EdStats Query). The app has internationally

comparable education indicators for more than

200 countries and regional/income groups on top-

ics such as:

Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary education from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics,

Learning Outcomes from international learning assessments including PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS,

LLECE, PASEC, and SACMEQ.

Education Equity from DHS and MICS household surveys.

Education Expenditures and Teachers from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Education Projections from EPDC, IIASA/VID, and the Barro-Lee dataset.

...and more!

Education Data on the Go: Getting to know the World Bank

EdStats DataFinder App

After launching the app, four navigation options appear at the bottom of the screen :

The BOOK tab presents education data profiles for 200+ countries and regional/income groups. Users

select one country/region/income group from the window below and can view the most recent data for

around 100 key education indicators. Users can send the profile in an email or bookmark the page as a

FAVORITE for future reference. A sample section of a BOOK data profile for Indonesia is included on

Page 3.

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The app's DATA tab allows you to conduct a fast,

customized data query, chart and visualize the re-

sulting data, and share the data in your presenta-

tions and projects. The DATA tab provides access

to the 2000+ education indicators found in the Ed-

Stats Query.

Within the DATA tab, users can:

Select one or more countries, regions or in-

come groups.

Select one or more education indicators.

Designate a time period (5, 10, 20, or 50

years) of data to display.

View a data table of the selected data

View a line chart or bar chart of the selected

data (Page 4)

The FAVORITES tab provides quick access to bookmarked pages in the application ­– both from the

BOOK and DATA tabs. Use the “Add to Favorites” option to add a BOOK page or a data table/chart

to the favorites. You can also delete individual entries and reorganize them.

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The World Bank - Human Development Network

1818 H Street NW, MSN G8-800, Washington, DC 20433

eservice@worldbank.org

This newsletter is produced every two months by the EdStats team.

For further information and suggestions, contact:

The option menu below is displayed

by clicking on the arrow icon on the

top right of tables and charts. Though

this menu, users can display charts by

countries/indicators, add the chart or

table to FAVORITES, send the table

or chart as an email, and send the

data underlying the table in an email

as a CSV file.

We hope the EdStats DataFinder will

be of use to students, professors,

economists, researchers, and anyone

looking to learn more about education

indicators and trends.