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This second volume of the Partnership for Democratic Governance Series investigates whether ‘contracting out’ core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study discusses the evidence and emerging lessons of contracting out in fragile and...
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Many socio-economically disadvantaged students excel in PISA. Students who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged …
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in school decisions, combined with a culture of shared responsibility and mutual support, tend to have lower incidence of …
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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 tend to have more positive attitudes towards school. …
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In most countries and economies, students who attend schools in urban areas tend to perform at higher levels than other students. Socio-economic status explains only part of the performance difference between students who attend urban schools and other students. Schools in urban settings are...
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, 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 …
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Children spend about a third of their waking hours in school during most weeks in the year. Thus, schools have a …
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