Across OECD countries, almost one in every five students does not reach a basic minimum level of skills. In addition …, students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds are twice as likely to be low performers. Lack of fairness and inclusion … all children succeed in their schooling. …

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 …

Some 65% of socio-economically advantaged students reported that they know well or have often heard of the concept of … quadratic function, on average across OECD countries; but only 43% of disadvantaged students so reported. On average across OECD … countries, the 20% of students who are most exposed to pure mathematics tasks (equations) score, on the PISA mathematics test …

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 …