What are students like as learners as they near the end of compulsory education? The answer matters greatly, not only … learners. This report analyses the results, focusing on students’ motivation, self-beliefs and use of various learning …

proficiency. Chapter 2 examines how much students read for enjoyment, what they read, and how much they enjoy reading. Chapter 3 …

Immigrant students who share a common country of origin, and therefore many cultural similarities, perform very … differently across school systems. The difference in performance between immigrant students and non-immigrant students of similar … socio-economic status is smaller in school systems with large immigrant populations and where immigrant students are as …

labour, regardless of their circumstances at birth. However, as this report shows, far too many children, students and adults … students at opposite ends of the socio-economic scale, and these differences tend to increase in the transition into adulthood …-based support and programmes for children from families that have not attained a high level of education and skills. In the schools …