Education and Society Program

Country Profiles and Cross-Country Comparison Chart

These profiles prepared for the Aspen-OECD seminar briefly describe the educational context and key teacher policies in each of the 8 participating nations. 

• Australia (PDF, 75KB)
• Canada (Ontario) (PDF, 174KB)
• England (PDF, 208KB)
• Japan (PDF, 170KB)
• Singapore (PDF, 166KB)
• Switzerland (PDF, 185KB)
• Sweden (PDF, 180KB)
• United States (PDF, 213KB)
• Cross-Country Comparison Chart (PDF, 549KB)