The authors estimate contribution of different factors in reading skills of 15?year-olds by using four models of multilevel regression analysis. It turned out that the most significant factor is family background - not only at the individual level, but at the school level as well (average school...

Tatyana Rogozina - Doctor of Science, Associate Professor, Department for Management and Economics in Education, Leningrad Oblast Institute of Educational Studies; Director of Research and Analytics, Private Educational Institution Saint Petersburg gymnasium Alma Mater. E-mail: dg8625@yandex.ru...

In many countries, the modern state education system is unable to satisfy the growing demand for education, in particular under conditions of budget deficit. Private schools both help to satisfy this demand and enhance the overall standards of quality and teaching efficiency. Unlike state-run...

Elena Kalinina - Candidate of Sciences in History, Research Fellow, Petrozavodsk State University. Address: 33 Lenina pr., Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia, 185910, Russian Federation. E-mail: kalinka46@yandex.ruThe paper investigates into the basic components of the education reform...