The Secretariat of the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG 4 indicators invited its members to the ninth annual meeting which was held virtually on Thursday 24 November 2022 in English, with simultaneous translation to French and Spanish.
The meeting was preceded by meetings of four working groups on Tuesday 22 November 2022 (Teachers – Administrative data – Joint EMIS and Household Surveys – Finance) and the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) 9th meeting on Wednesday 23 November.
Decisions of the TCG 9 post-meeting consultation
Proposed decisions following the TCG and working groups meetings
Final decisions in the post-meeting consultation report
Ninth meeting of the TCG, GAML and Working Groups
Date and time:
22 November
8:30-9:30
| WG/T/1 | Concept note and agenda (Document) |
| WG/T/2 | Progress with the International Standard Classification of Teacher Training Programmes (ISCED-T) |
| WG/T/3 | National definitions of trained and qualified teachers: results from the metadata collection and feasibility survey Proposal of a global minimum standard of teacher qualifications by level of education and political process of validation (Document/Presentation) |
Date and Time
22 November 2022
9:45 - 10:45
| WG/EMIS/1 | Concept note and agenda (Document) |
| WG/EMIS/2 | Update on UIS data collection mechanisms: Progress in Implementation of new UIS questionnaire |
| WG/EMIS/3 | National Population Data: criteria for use in UIS indicator calculation
(Document/ Presentation) (Download the national population questionnaire) |
| WG/EMIS/4 | Use of a net enrolment ratio instead of a gross enrolment ratio for indicator 4.2.4 (OECD proposal) |
| WG/EMIS/5 | Terms of Reference: International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) Committee (Document/ Presentation) |
Date and Time:
22 November 2022
11:00 – 12:30
| WG/HHS/1 | Concept note and agenda (Document) |
| WG/HHS/2
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A Bayesian Cohort Model for Estimating SDG Indicator 4.1.4: out-of-school rates: A proposal by
the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring Report |
| WG/HHS/3 | A Bayesian model for estimating Sustainable Development Goal indicator 4.1.2: School completion rates |
| WG/HHS/2 and 3 | Estimating SDG 4 Indicators with a Bayesian Modelling Framework: Completion and Out-of-School Rates (Presentation) |
| WG/HHS/4 | Use of EU-LFS attainment data in the calculation of indicators 4.1.2 and 4.4.3 for EU countries (OECD proposal) (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/HHS/5 | Feasibility analysis for the construction of new indicators (Presentation)Calculation of education indicators based on household survey data: Graphic summary (Document) |
| WG/HHS/6 | Content analysis of national policies towards greening education
Presentation of a 'Green policy intentions' indicator Presentation of a 'Green schools' indicator (Document) |
| WG/HHS/7 | Connecting the dots: the link between hunger, malnutrition and education: Proposal for a new indicator
under the SDG 4 framework (Presentation) |
| WG/HHS/8 | Using Labour Force Surveys to report on indicators SDG 4.6.3, SDG 4.6.2, and SDG 4.3.1 (Document) |
Date and time:
22 November
13:00-14:00
| WG/F/1 | Concept note and agenda (Document) |
| WG/F/2 | Reporting Indicator 1.a.2 on Public Expenditure (Presentation) |
| WG/F/3 | Total initial financing for education as a percent of GDP by financing unit: Proposed Indicator (Document/ Presentation) |
Date and time:
23 November
8:30-12:30
| WG/GAML/1 | Concept Note (Document) |
| WG/GAML/2 | Annotated Agenda (Document) |
| WG/GAML/3 | Developments: SDG Indicator 4.1.1 (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/4 | Minimum Proficiency Levels Unpacked (October 2022) (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/5 | International Standards Setting Exercise: Final Report (November 2022) (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/6 | The feasibility of using science scores from different educational assessments as proxy measures of literacy to measure SDG 4.1.1 (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/7 | Rosetta Stone Policy Brief: Establishing a Concordance Between Regional (ERCE/PASEC) and International (TIMMS/PIRLS) Assesments (English, French, Spanish) (Presentation)
Analytical Reports Rosetta Stone Analytical Report: Establishing a Concordance between ERCE and TIMSS/PIRLS Rosetta Stone Analytical Report: Establishing a Concordance between PASEC and TIMSS/PIRLS |
| WG/GAML/8 | Latin American Laboratory for Evaluation of the Quality of Education: Project portfolio (English – Spanish) (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/9 | Strategy 2022 – 2026: PASEC 2024 assessment (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/10 | Policy Linking Toolkit Review (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/11 | International Item Library (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/12 |
Pairwise Comparison Method: Concept note (November 2022) (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/13 | Assessments for Minimum Proficiency Levels (AMPLs): ground-breaking tools to produce internationally comparable data on SDG 4.1 indicators Brochure (English - French) |
| WG/GAML/14 | PAL Network Common Assessments: evidence to improve foundational literacy and numeracy (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/15 | Establishing a link between IEA’s Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (LaNA) and IEA’s TIMSS and PIRLS (Brochure) |
| WG/GAML/16 | PISA Household Survey Module (HSM) (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/17 | EGRA Toolkit Revision Recommendations (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/18 | Expanding MICS data on learning (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/19 | Foundational Learning metrics: reporting towards the SDG (Document) |
| WG/GAML/20 | Trends in learning proficiency in the last twenty years: how close are we to reliable regional and global SDG 4.1.1 trend statistics? (Document/ Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/21 | A review of early childhood assessment tools to support SDG 4.2.1 reporting (Presentation) |
| WG/GAML/22 | Measuring literacy around the world: The everyday-life Practices and Skills Survey (e-PASS) (Presentation) |
Date and time:
24 November
8:30-12:30
| TCG 9/W/1 | Concept Note (Document) |
| TCG/W/2 | Agenda (Document) |
| TCG-9/W/3 | TCG Progress Report: 2021-2022 (Presentation) |
| TCG-9/W/5 | High-level Steering Committee and Transforming Education Summit (TES): An update (Presentation) |
| TCG-9/W/6 | Benchmarking SDG 4: Proposed methodology for measuring progress (Document/ Presentation) |
| TCG-9/W/7 | Regional averages: Completion, out-of-school and minimum proficiency level rates (Presentation) |
| TCG-9/W/8 | International conference on education statistics: A proposal (Presentation) |