Guide on Education research and resources. Unfortunately, licensed resources are available to only World Bank staff with an institutional user ID and password.
A UNESCO database with descriptions of the main characteristics of the organization and functioning of national education systems. Browsing can be done by themes, countries or regions.
Contains over 1,000 types of indicators on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication from a multiplicity of countries. Data has both predefined and custom tables.
Annual data that covers the outputs of educational institutions, the policies that shape them, the human and financial resources invested in education, structural characteristics of education systems, and the economic and social outcomes of education.
An interactive tool from the Brookings Center for Universal Education that provides a snapshot of the latest available data on the state of education and learning in the Middle East and North Africa.
Fitch Connect would also be very helpful in Education research and stats (available for IFC only)