Improving Schools: Strategies for Action in Mexico This report
develops comparative knowledge for reforms in teacher and school
management policies in the context of an OECD member country:
Mexico. Mexico’s education outcomes can be improved by enhancing
the effectiveness of its schools. The standards gap between the
performance of students in Mexico and other OECD countries can
only be reduced if schools become good at what they do. This
report looks at key issues and challenges faced by the Mexican
education system and provides policy recommendations on school
management, leadership and teacher policies. These
recommendations have been developed by considering the outcomes,
quality and standards of education and schools in Mexico in
terms of what is known internationally about effective schools,
and by adapting this knowledge to the Mexican context. The
report has two audiences: It aims to support the Mexican
government and key actors in the education system to develop
long-term vision and policy in the are