Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Number of Average teacher
school days per salary per
Country school year school day
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Canada 188 $194
England 192 170
Germany (West) 219 181
Ireland 173 149
Italy 204 106
Japan 220 147
Scotland 191 167
Spain 188 179
Switzerland 207 253
United States* 178 191
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*Data applies to the 1991-1992 school year, which covers the last four months
of 1991, and the first eight months of 1992. Figure represents the average
annual salary for primary and secondary school teachers.NOTE: Salaries for all countries adjusted to U.S. dollars using a purchasing power parity index (PPPI). Most salary data apply to calendar year 1992. See supplemental note for details on the data from Sweden and the United States, and for a note on adjustments of salary data across countries and characteristics of the data sources.
SOURCE: Educational Testing Service, International Assessment of Education Progress, Learning Mathematics, Figure 5.2. For Germany: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Study of Reading Literacy, 1992. For Japan: Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, National Institute of Educational Research, Government of Japan, 1992. The American Federation of Teachers, Research Department, Survey and Analysis of Salary Trends, 1993, Table IV-6.
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