is possible, and provides students, parents, policy makers and other education stakeholders insights into what enables …Many socio-economically disadvantaged students excel in PISA. Students who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged … background -- resilient students -- are the focus of Against the Odds. The report shows that overcoming barriers to achievement …

that can undermine or promote the resilience of immigrant students, and how school and government policies can assist. It … nations. Chapters include: The resilience of students with an immigrant background; Adversity and adjustment: the resilience … of students with an immigrant background; Individual characteristics and the resilience of students with an immigrant …

The percentage of students who expect to complete university is highest in Korea (80%) and lowest in Latvia (25%). Many … high-performing students do not expect to go to university, representing potentially lost talent to an economy and society … while many low-performing students think they will make it to university, even if their current performance suggests they …

among students are associated with student absenteeism. Schools that promote participation of students, teachers and parents … (TALIS) reports having more than 10% of potentially disruptive students with behaviour problems in their classes. Teachers … with more than one in ten students with behaviour problems spend almost twice as much time keeping order in the classroom …

Most students think that what they learned in school is useful for them or their future. Students’ attitudes towards … school are associated with their reading skills. Students who report that the climate at their school is conducive to …

learning. Teachers tend to give girls and socio-economically advantaged students better school marks, even if they don’t have … better performance and attitudes than boys and socio-economically disadvantaged students. It seems that marks not only … measure students’ progress in school, they also indicate the skills, behaviours, habits and attitudes that are valued in …