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 …

While enrolment in tertiary education has increased dramatically over the past decades, many university-aged students … further education, it is equally important to ensure that students’ expectations are well-aligned with their actual abilities …. Grade Expectations: How Marks and Education Policies Shape Students' Ambitions reveals some of the factors that influence …

educational performance for 41 countries collected in 2003, together with students’ responses to the PISA 2003 questionnaires and …

internationally comparative knowledge base of students’ knowledge about the environment and environment-related issues. Green at … Fifteen? presents an analysis of this knowledge base, including information on the sources of students’ awareness of …