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Equally prepared for life? : How 15-year-old boys and girls perform in school

2009

This report explores the educational performance and attitudes of males and females during childhood and adolescence. It opens with a general summary of gender differences measured outside of the PISA assessment programme and then considers the knowledge gained about gender-related issues from...

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What Can Parents Do to Help Their Children Succeed in School?

2011

Most parents know, instinctively, that spending more time with their children and being actively involved in their … education will give their children a good head-start in life. But as many parents have to juggle competing demands at work and … at home, there never seems to be enough time. Often, too, parents are reluctant to offer to help their children with …

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PISA 2009 at a Glance

2011

PISA 2009 at a Glance is a companion publication to PISA 2009 Results, the six-volume report on the 2009 survey conducted by the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA assesses the extent to which students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of...

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Reviews of National Policies for Education: Denmark 2004 : Lessons from PISA 2000

2004

The results of PISA 2000, OECD's groundbreaking comparison of the educational outcomes of 15-year-olds, shook the belief of Danes that theirs was the best education system in the world. In this report, a team of examiners determines why Denmark did worse than expected and recommends a series of...

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How Are School Systems Adapting to Increasing Numbers of Immigrant Students?

2011

Whether in flight from conflict, with the hope of building a better life, or to seize a social or economic opportunity, people have been crossing borders for as long as there have been borders to cross. Modern means of transportation and communication, the globalisation of the labour market, and...

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Does Participation in Pre-Primary Education Translate into Better Learning Outcomes at School?

2011

It’s elementary: students benefit from pre-primary education. The OECD’s PISA 2009 results show that in practically all OECD countries 15-year-old students who had attended some pre-primary school outperformed students who had not. In fact, the difference between students who had attended...

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OECD Reviews of Migrant Education: Norway 2010

Taguma, Miho; Shewbridge, Claire; Huttova, Jana; … - 2010

and care, especially for immigrant children; enhance capacities of teachers and school leaders to be more responsive to …

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PISA 2006 : Volume 2: Data

2008

Presents the full data set underlying PISA 2006 Volume 1: Analysis. Includes data on student performance in science, student engagement in science, quality and equity in schools, school and system characteristics, and student performance in reading and mathematics.

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The High Cost of Low Educational Performance : The Long-run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes

2010

This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation. The report also...

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Measuring Improvements in Learning Outcomes : Best Practices to Assess the Value-Added of Schools

2008

Value-added estimates are a significant improvement upon measures of school performance currently used in most education systems across OECD countries. They provide a fundamentally more accurate and valuable quantitative basis for school improvement planning, policy development and for enacting...

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