Seçilmiş OECD Ülkelerinde Eğitim Harcamaları ve 2018 PISA Performanslarının Karşılaştırılmalı Analizi

The outcomes of education policies and education expenditures are not always known with certainty. Therefore, the Programme for International Student Assessment Programme (PISA), which is implemented by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at 3-year intervals, is of critical importance of the performance of the education system. Turkey participated in the PISA, which started to be implemented for the first time in 2000, in 2003. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between OECD countries 2018 PISA performance scores and education expenditure. Within the scope of the study, human development indices, schooling rates and the effectiveness of education expenditure were investigated in a group of OECD member countries, including Turkey. To ascertain the effectiveness of education expenditures, the 2003-2018 PISA results for the countries studied were analyzed. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the education expenditures of the 10 most successful countries and Turkey per student in 2018 PISA were compared with the public education expenditures and the share of gross domestic product (GDP) allocated to education. According to the PISA score, there was an increase in Turkey’s average scores but a decrease in 2015. The reason for this decrease is explained as the transition to compulsory education during the 2012-2013 education period. In addition, according to the results of the study, there is a positive relationship between countries education expenditure per student and PISA performance. No relationship was found between PISA performance levels and the share of GDP allocated to education. The reason for this may of the differing levels of economic development. Similarly, no relationship was seen between public education expenditures and the PISA performance results.