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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Worldwide Education Statistics: Enhancing UNESCO's Role. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9086.
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WORLDWIDE EDUCATION STATISTICS

Enhancing UNESCO's Role

James W. Guthrie and Janet S. Hansen, editors

Board on International Comparative Studies in Education

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C. 1995

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Worldwide Education Statistics: Enhancing UNESCO's Role. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9086.
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The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce Alberts and Dr. Harold Liebowitz are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

This project was supported with funds from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation, and the World Bank.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Worldwide Education Statistics: Enhancing UNESCO's Role. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9086.
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BOARD ON INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN EDUCATION

MICHAEL W. KIRST (Chair),

School of Education, Stanford University

GORDON M. AMBACH (ex-officio),

Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C.

LLOYD BOND,

Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, University of North Carolina

JAMES W. GUTHRIE,

Peabody Education Policy Center, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

STEPHEN P. HEYNEMAN,

Human Resources Technical Department, Europe and Central Asia and Mid East and N. Africa Regions, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (has not participated in the writing or review of this report)

PAUL G. LEMAHIEU,

University of Delaware and Delaware Department of Public Instruction

MARY M. LINDQUIST,

School of Education, Columbus College

ANDREW C. PORTER,

Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin

FRANCISCO O. RAMIREZ,

School of Education, Stanford University

JOHN R. SCHWILLE,

College of Education, Michigan State University

RICHARD J. SHAVELSON (ex-officio),

School of Education, Stanford University

JUDITH V. TORNEY-PURTA,

Department of Human Development, University of Maryland

JANET S. HANSEN, Staff Director

M. JANE PHILLIPS, Senior Project Assistant

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