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 …

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and … III, What School Life Means for Students’ Lives, focuses on the physical and emotional health of students, the role of … teachers and parents in shaping the school climate, and the social life at school. The volume also examines indicators of …

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 …

to which students and schools with different socio-economic backgrounds have access to similar educational resources, and … and different aspects of socio-economic background. Chapter 4 compares the performance of students with an immigrant … background with the performance of other students. Chapter 5 analyses the impact of socio-economic background of schools on …