The focus of this working paper is on how secondary schools can optimise young people’s preparation for adult … do to (ii) explore and (iii) experience workplaces within and outside of schools is consistently associated with better … disadvantage. More effective education systems will ensure schools systematically address inequalities in teenage access to …

An international linking study was conducted in order to link parameters of PISA-based Test for Schools (PBTS …

by public funding for private schools in particular is associated with a strong reduction in the dependence of student … where more schools have autonomy in hiring teachers. Autonomy in formulating the budget and in establishing starting …

between schools, by ability, socio-economic and ethnic background, and in greater inequities across education systems. The … report identifies certain characteristics of programmes that can prevent schools from hand-picking their students - crowding …

students (external exit exams), teachers (monitoring of lessons), and schools (assessment-based comparisons). The combined … achievement differences amount to more than one and a half PISA grade-level equivalents. Students in schools with hiring autonomy … perform better on average, while they perform worse in schools with autonomy in formulating their budget. School autonomy over …