Abstract:
Competitiveness is the level of the country in the international ratings and education, is the main component
of competitive country. The literary analysis showed that the meaning of competitiveness in different sectors
has different definition. For identifying the level of competitiveness of both education and the level of the
country, as whole criteria are being formed, which are used as rules on the base of which the assessment is
given. The quality of education is the main component of primary and higher education. In the article there
are definitions of such notions as criteria and competitiveness, as well as the analysis of criteria development
on the base of global competitive index (GCI), Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and
Global Competitiveness of Russian Education and also the main methods of criteria development are identified.
Each organization points out key criteria and indicators according to which the country’s activity is assessed.
The reason of choosing these materials is developing, goal of making such criteria have common similarities
and are used in the international level.
