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 … is possible, and provides students, parents, policy makers and other education stakeholders insights into what enables …

(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 … than their peers with less than 10% of such students in their class. Behaviour issues such as intimidation or verbal abuse …

International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal that in 2015, almost one in four 15-year-old students in OECD countries reported that … they were either foreign-born or had at least one foreign-born parent. Between 2003 and 2015, the share of students who had … across OECD countries. The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background: Factors that Shape Well-being reveals some of …

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 …

Most students think that what they learned in school is useful for them or their future. Students’ attitudes towards … school are associated with their reading skills. Students who report that the climate at their school is conducive to …

learning. Teachers tend to give girls and socio-economically advantaged students better school marks, even if they don’t have … better performance and attitudes than boys and socio-economically disadvantaged students. It seems that marks not only … measure students’ progress in school, they also indicate the skills, behaviours, habits and attitudes that are valued in …

towards learning and life more generally. Longitudinal studies suggest that students’ results on the PISA test are correlated … with how well students will do later on in life; but strong performance in standardised assessments like PISA explains only … so much of future results in other endeavours. Success and well-being in life also depend on how well students have been …

The percentage of students who expect to complete university is highest in Korea (80%) and lowest in Latvia (25%). Many … high-performing students do not expect to go to university, representing potentially lost talent to an economy and society … while many low-performing students think they will make it to university, even if their current performance suggests they …

that can undermine or promote the resilience of immigrant students, and how school and government policies can assist. It … nations. Chapters include: The resilience of students with an immigrant background; Adversity and adjustment: the resilience … of students with an immigrant background; Individual characteristics and the resilience of students with an immigrant …