INCA- International Review of Curriculum and Assessment frameworks

INCA Comparative Tables

Last updated:07-Sep-2007

The INCA Comparative Tables provide a brief overview of key issues across the Archive countries. They were most recently updated in September 2007.

The complete set of tables is available for download as a pdf file (file size):

In addition, the links below go directly to individual pdf files for each separate table:

General characteristics. (32 KB) (Table 1)
Levels of control and administrative organisation. (37 KB) (Table 2)
National education aims. (152 KB) (Table 3)
Recent education reforms. (35 KB) (Table 4)
Schooling: duration, phases, participation rates. (39 KB) (Table 5)
School structures, access, internal grouping and progression. (48 KB) (Table 6)
Primary curriculum. (136 KB) (Table 7)
Lower secondary curriculum (to age 15/16). (151 KB) (Table 8)
National assessment and public examination arrangements. (42 KB) (Table 9)
Control and supply of school textbooks. (38 KB) (Table 10)
Steps to becoming a teacher. (52 KB) (Table 11)
Special educational needs teacher training. (34 KB) (Table 12)
Recruitment incentives for teachers. (32 KB) (Table 13)
Organising bodies responsible for initial teacher training. (26 KB) (Table 14)

Countries in the tables are listed in country blocks: ‘UK and Ireland’, ‘Europe’ and ‘the rest of the world’.