Mean performance on the mathematics scale is the mean mathematics score for students in national or international assessments

Mean performance on the science scale is the mean science score for students in national or international assessments

Mean performance on the reading scale is the mean reading score for students in national or international assessments

The percentage of students who achieve the lowest passable grade or above in examinations taking place in the final year of secondary school (Source: Audrey Chapman (2007) Development of Indicators for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Rights to Education, Participation in Cultural Life and Access to the Benefits of Science: p.152)

The State body could be, for instance, a monitoring department of the Ministry of Education or some State institution whose mandate is to monitor the activities of the executive (eg ombudsman, Human Rights Commission, etc.)

Frequency of inspection visits is the average number of visits made by an inspector in each school in the last 12 months

This indicator measures the number of reported incidents of sexual harassment in school in the last 12 months

This indicator measures the number of reported incidents of violence by children against other children in the last 12 months

This indicator measures the number of reported incidents of corporal punishment in schools, by teachers or school administrator in the last 5 years