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 …

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 …