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This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation. The report also...
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will also learn how students reacted to the electronic questionnaire and how it compared with pencil-and-paper tests. In … general, there were no group differences across test methods buts students enjoyed the computer-based test more than the paper …
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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 …
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children of immigrants. Who are the children of immigrants? What do they know and what can they do? How do they differ from … other students? Do they approach school and learning in a different way? It examines more closely the issue of assessment … language proficiency among immigrant students and its possible impact on cognitive outcomes in PISA. It explores the effect of …
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The results of the Survey of Adult Skills confirm that there is a strong link between the level of numeracy performance and the use of these skills in practice. In view of these findings, countries could further encourage the teaching of numeracy-related disciplines in a wider variety of higher...
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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 …
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International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal that in 2015, almost one in four 15-year-old students in OECD countries reported that … they were either foreign-born or had at least one foreign-born parent. Between 2003 and 2015, the share of students who had … across OECD countries. The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background: Factors that Shape Well-being reveals some of …
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