OECD countries face significant educational challenges for the 21st century. This book provides an historical overview of the development of education in these countries from the late 1950s to the early 1990s which is essential for understanding these challenges. The author places the evolution of education and training policies in the context of broader social and economic policies and thus provides a broad overview of developments in education in the OECD countries, and gives detailed references to the significant contributions made by the OECD>