Country Background Report – Denmark

 
Type of study: RA = Research articles and literature reviews (peer-reviewed); RR = Research reports and books (peer-reviewed); NG = National 
government evaluations and reports; LG = Local government evaluations and reports; CI = Evaluations etc. by consulting firms or interest organi-
zations; OT = Other studies.
 
OECD Theme: GO = Governance; RD = Resource distribution; RU = Resource utilisation; RM = Resource management. 
 
Sub theme: GO1 = Policy priorities/differences in spending per student across regions or type of municipality; GO2 = Implementation of policies; 
GO3 = Responsibilities across levels of the school system; GO4 = Sources of revenue; GO5 = Benchmarking of efficiency or effectiveness/ best 
practices. 
RD1 = Distribution of resources between administrative levels and resource types; RD2 = Distribution of resources and students to individual 
schools; RD3 = School structure and distribution of school facilities and materials, e.g. ICT; RD4 = Distribution of teacher resources; RD5 = Dis-
tribution of school leadership resources; RD6 = Programmes targeted to specific students, e.g. resource distribution based on socio-economic crite-
ria. 
RU1 = Allocation of teacher resources to students; RU2 = Matching resources to individual students’ learning needs; RU3 = Organisation of 
teaching and learning environment; RU4 = Organisation of student learning time; RU5 = Use of school facilities and materials, e.g. ICT 
RM1 = Monitoring resource use (audit system etc.); RM2 = Outcome-based planning; rewards, sanctions and other incentives; RM3 = Capacity 
building for resource management; RM4 = Transparency and reporting on outputs and costs. 
Type of resources: FI = Financial; HU = Human; PH=Physical TP= Targeted programs
Data type: QT = Quantitative; QL = Qualitative; S = survey; R = registers; O= Observations; IV = Interviews; TX = Text Analysis.