EDUCATION INDICATORS: An International Perspective
Notes on Figures and Tables for Indicator 29
Austria
Lower secondary education
All schools of general education until grade 9. Special schools for handicapped children are excluded.
Upper secondary education
Included are only general secondary and vocational schools which qualify for university. Excluded are lower vocational schools (48 percent of all schools), and some special school types (7 percent of all schools).
Belgium-Flemish
Lower and upper secondary education
All (state, province/community, and catholic) schools offering comprehensive general or comprehensive technical/arts education.
Belgium-French
Primary education
All (state, province/community, and catholic) schools, except special education (3.7 percent of all students).
Lower secondary education
All (state, province/community, and catholic) schools offering comprehensive general or comprehensive vocational education (technical and arts). Excluded is vocational education (22.8 percent of all students) and special education (3.9 percent of all students).
Upper secondary education
All general secondary and vocational schools, except special education
(3.9 percent).
Canada-British Columbia
Primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education
All schools. For the Principal and Computer Coordinator questionnaires no distinction was made between Population 2 and Population 3.
China
Upper secondary education
All schools in the cities/provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Xingxiang city (Henon province), Neimong, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Jiling, Anhui, Sichuan, Guangdong provinces.
France
Primary education
All schools except private education (15 percent of students) and special education (less than 0.5 percent of students).
Lower secondary education
All schools except private education (students in "Colléges": 20 percent of all students) and special education.
Upper secondary education
All schools except private education (3 percent of students).
West Germany (former)
Lower and upper secondary education
All schools in nine Bundesländer (58 percent of all students).
Greece
Lower and upper secondary education
All schools except private and evening schools (altogether 4 percent of
all students).
Hungary
Upper secondary education
All schools.
India
Upper secondary education
All schools in some districts of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu (which are the states with the maximum number of computer using schools (in the regions North, West, East and South respectively). These districts (about 30 percent) have been chosen at random within the states.
Israel
Primary education
All schools except special education (7 percent of all students).
Upper secondary education
All academic schools and technological schools with courses leading to certification. This excludes vocational education as well as independent schools (about 4 percent of all students).
Italy
Primary education
All schools except private schools (8.3 percent of the schools and
7.8 percent of the students).
Lower secondary education
All schools except private schools (9.3 percent of the schools and
4.6 percent of the students).
Upper secondary education
All schools except private schools (25.8 percent of the schools and
12.3 percent of the students).
Japan
Primary and lower secondary education
All schools except special education.
Upper secondary education
All general and vocational schools.
Luxembourg
Lower secondary education
All general and technical secondary schools.
Netherlands
Primary education
All schools except special education.
Lower secondary education
All schools except international transition year, English stream,
individual agricultural education, agricultural education and nautical education
(5 percent of all students).
Upper secondary education
All general secondary, social nursery, economical/administrative, and
technical schools. Excluded are all other vocational schools (about
6.4 percent of all students). Teachers were only sampled from general
secondary schools.
New Zealand
Primary education
All schools with students in standard 4 except the Correspondence School and special education.
Lower secondary education
All schools with students in form 3, except the Correspondence School and special education.
Upper secondary education
All schools with students in form 7, except the Correspondence School and special education.
Poland
Upper secondary education
All schools.
Portugal
Primary education
All schools in the public school system of the continental territory, except distance education.
Lower and upper secondary education
All schools in the public schools system of the continental territory.
Slovenia
Upper secondary education
All schools.
Switzerland
Lower secondary education
All schools except schools in canton Argau, Geneve, Vaud.
Upper secondary education
All schools except schools in canton Geneve.
United States
The sampling frame included all U.S. schools, public and private, that contained a fourth grade or higher, plus vocational and "alternative" high schools. The frame excluded separate schools for the special education population and also excluded schools that only exist to provide part-day or part-year pull-out classes for students from other schools. Each school was allocated to one or more of three sub-frames, "primary," "lower-secondary," or "upper-secondary," depending on whether it contained a 5th grade, 7th or 8th grade, or 10th, 11th, or 12th grade.
Sixth-grade-only schools were allocated to the primary sub-frame and 9th-grade-only schools to the lower secondary sub-frame.
