Drawing on data from the OECD’s Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), this report examines the … performance of students with immigrant backgrounds and compares it to that of their native counterparts. As well as providing … students’ performance – such as their attitudes to school, their motivation and learning strategies as well as their social …

Knowledge and Skills for Life assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education (15-year-olds) have … in levels of knowledge and skills between students, schools and countries. The extent to which the socio …-economic background of students and schools affects student performance varies. Some countries have managed to mitigate the influence of …

People from many countries have expressed interest in the tests students take for the Programme for International … performance. It focuses specifically on the proportions of students who answer questions correctly across a range of difficulty …

with students' responses to the questionnaires and the test questions. The first results were released in December 2001 and …

apply across different areas of the school curriculum. The assessment looked at students' abilities to identify problems in … students do well. It also provides insights into some of the factors that are associated with the development of problem …

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys collected data on students’ performance in … reading, mathematics and science, as well as contextual information on students’ background, home characteristics and school …

organisational features (how students are sorted into grades, schools, and programmes, school autonomy, etc.) of schools and systems …