Are there computers in the classroom? Does it matter? Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection examines how students' access to and use of information and communication technology (ICT) devices has evolved in recent years, and explores how education systems and schools are...

Examines low performance at school by looking at low performers family background, education career and attitudes towards school. The report also analyses the school practices and educational policies that are more strongly associated with poor student performance. Most important, the evidence...

Literacy in the 21st century is about constructing and validating knowledge. Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all kinds of information, displacing traditional formats of usually more carefully curated information such as encyclopaedias and newspapers. The massive information flow...

Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have clear aspirations to strengthen civic participation and increase prosperity for all. A highly skilled and knowledgeable population is critical to achieving these goals, which makes creating and maintaining high quality and equitable education...

This report provides an assessment of both the strengths and potential areas for improvement of the education system of the People’s Republic of China. It articulates the inputs and outputs of China’s education system, brings in up-to-date policies and practices implemented in China, and...

Sind die Schülerinnen und Schüler gut auf die Herausforderungen der Zukunft vorbereitet? Können sie analysieren, logisch denken und ihre Ideen effektiv kommunizieren? Haben sie Interessen entwickelt, die sie ihr ganzes Leben hindurch als produktive Mitglieder von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft...

Wie gut lesen Jugendliche, die das Ende ihrer Pflichtschulzeit erreicht haben? Die internationale Schulleistungsstudie PISA informiert über das Niveau der Lesekompetenz 15-jähriger Schülerinnen und Schüler in 32 Ländern, indem sie zeigt, wie gut diese schriftliches Material nutzen können,...

Après le rapport initial consacré aux résultats de la première enquête du PISA, cet ouvrage étudie de plus près les performances en lecture. Cette enquête dévoile les niveaux de compréhension de l'écrit des jeunes âgés de 15 ans dans 32 pays. Elle décrit en particulier...