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 …

, parents and students themselves can do to tackle low performance and succeed in school …

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

Drawing on data from the OECD’s Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), this report examines the … performance of students with immigrant backgrounds and compares it to that of their native counterparts. As well as providing … students’ performance – such as their attitudes to school, their motivation and learning strategies as well as their social …

and informal settings and how is it used by students? Drawing on data from the OECD’s Programme for International Student … Assessment (PISA), Are Students Ready for a Technology-Rich World? What PISA Studies Tell Us, examines whether access to … computers for students is equitable across countries and student groups; how students use ICT and what their attitudes are …

students attend make a difference in performance; the relative impact of school climate, school policies and school resources …

performance, characteristics of successful students, differences between the interests and study habits of boys and girls, the …

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 …