<ul> <li>Immigrant students who share a common country of origin, and therefore many cultural similarities, perform very differently across school systems. </li> <li>The difference in performance between immigrant students and non-immigrant students of similar socio-economic status is smaller in school systems...</li></ul>

<UL> <LI>Most 15-year-olds in OECD countries have some understanding of environmental issues and feel that threats to the environment are a serious concern for them and/or for other people in their country.</LI> <LI>Scientific understanding of the environment is key if students are to have a realistic...</li></li></ul>

<ul> <li> On average across the 13 OECD countries and economies that participated in the PISA financial literacy assessment, 10% of students can analyse complex financial products and solve non-routine financial problems, while 15% can, at best, make simple decisions about everyday spending, and...</li></ul>

<ul> <li>On average across OECD countries, around 4% of students are top performers in reading, mathematics and science (all-rounders). </li> <li>Australia, Finland, Hong Kong-China, Japan, New Zealand, Shanghai-China and Singapore have larger proportions of these students than any other country or economy. </li></ul>

Classrooms and schools with more disciplinary problems are less conducive to learning, since teachers have to spend more time creating an orderly environment before instruction can begin. Interruptions in the classroom disrupt students’ concentration on, and their engagement in, their lessons....

<UL> <LI>In most countries and economies, students who attend schools in urban areas tend to perform at higher levels than other students. </LI> <LI>Socio-economic status explains only part of the performance difference between students who attend urban schools and other students. </LI> <LI>Schools in urban settings are...</li></li></li></ul>

<ul> <li>Most students enjoy orderly classrooms for their language-of-instruction lessons. </li> <li>Socio-economically disadvantaged students are less likely to enjoy orderly classrooms than advantaged students. </li> <li>Orderly classrooms – regardless of the school’s overall socio-economic profile – are related...</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Across OECD countries, 18% of students skipped classes at least once in the two weeks prior to the PISA test, and 15% of students skipped a day of school or more over the same period. </li> <li>Few students in high-performing school systems skip classes or days of school. </li> <li>For students in OECD...</li></ul>

<ul> <li> Attendance in pre-primary education is associated with better student performance later on. </li> <li>Fifteen-year-old students in 2012 were more likely than 15-year-olds in 2003 to have attended at least one year of pre-primary education. </li> <li>The gap in pre-primary attendance rates between...</li></ul>

Information and communication technologies revolutionise not only the speed at which information can be transmitted, but also how information is conveyed and received. Technological innovations have a profound effect on the types of skills that are demanded in today's labour markets and the...