Many socio-economically disadvantaged students excel in PISA. Students who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged …

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 …

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 effective school accountability arrangements. This groundbreaking report …

immigrant status on student and school performance. The volume opens with an introduction to PISA and a Reader's Guide providing … the impact of background and school on learning outcomes. Chapter 3 examines the relationship between student performance …

confidence among girls and family, school and societal influences before addressing policies to help boys and girls reach their …

OECD countries 15-year-old students who had attended some pre-primary school outperformed students who had not. In fact …-primary school scored an average of 33 points higher than those who had not... …

School systems handle the challenges of diverse student populations in different ways. Some countries have non …-selective and comprehensive school systems that seek to provide all students with similar opportunities, leaving it to individual …