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Does it Matter Which School a Student Attends?
OECD - 2013
Successful education systems are able to guarantee that all students succeed at high levels. Across OECD countries …, around 60% of the overall, country-level variation in student performance can be traced to differences in how well students …
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Does it matter how much time students spend on line outside of school?
OECD - 2016
In 2012, 15-year-old students spent over two hours on line each day, on average across OECD countries. The most common …% of students doing one of these every day or almost every day. Students who spent more than six hours per day on line … average across OECD countries, 7% of students spend this much time on line during a typical weekday. …
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Group disparities in educational participation and achievement
Conference on Policies for Educational Growth <1970, Paris> - 1971
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From education to work : a difficult transition for young adults with low levels of education
De Broucker, Patrice (contributor) - 2005
This book presents the results of the project on young adults with low levels of education, conducted jointly by the OECD and the Canadian Policy Research Networks. It examines the extent to which young men and women with low levels of education are marginalized, the role family background plays...
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How has educational attainment influenced the labour market outcomes of native- and foreign-born adults?
OECD - 2022
The labour market outcomes for native- and foreign-born adults during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic vary considerably across countries – with inequalities in employment even falling in some cases compared to 2017. In contrast with the 2008 financial crisis, greater educational...
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The High Cost of Low Educational Performance : The Long-run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
2010
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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Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes : Best Practices to Assess the Value-Added of Schools
2008
Value-added estimates are a significant improvement upon measures of school performance currently used in most education systems across OECD countries. They provide a fundamentally more accurate and valuable quantitative basis for school improvement planning, policy development and for enacting...
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From Education to Work : A Difficult Transition for Young Adults with Low Levels of Education
2005
This book presents the results of the project on Young Adults with Low Levels of Education, conducted jointly by the OECD and the Canadian Policy Research Networks. It examines the extent to which young men and women with low levels of education are marginalised, the role family background plays...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443530
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Fields of education, gender and the labour market
OECD - 2016
More and more adults are earning a tertiary qualification, but not all tertiary degrees have the same value on the labour market. In general, postgraduate degrees such as master’s and doctoral degrees are associated with higher employment rates and earnings than bachelor’s degrees. Labour...
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