assessing the knowledge and skills of secondary school students. This volume combines an analysis of PISA with a description of …

, particularly when it comes to teacher-student relations and the proportion of students who arrive late for school. The degree to … which students from different socio-economic backgrounds attend the same school did not change between 2003 and 2012, while … students with different academic abilities and needs were less likely to attend the same school in 2012 than in 2003, on …

Children spend about a third of their waking hours in school during most weeks in the year. Thus, schools have a …

can lead to school failure and this means that one in every five young adults on average drop out before completing upper … secondary education. Reducing school failure pays off for both society and individuals. The highest performing education systems …

in the education system, the school-to-work transition and the labour market. To which degree are these linked with their … and regions covered in this publication are Austria, the European Union, France, Germany, the Netherlands, North America …