Schools are ripe for policy intervention. We demonstrate that implementing different teaching practices is effective …, finding a greater prevalence of group discussion used in schools positively affects students’ life satisfaction and …-girl schools. These findings are based on a sample from the 2015 PISA which includes more than 35 thousand students from …

international PISA test (2009). We extend the analyses in two ways and find that students must differ considerably in the time …

Do increased instruction hours improve the performance of all students? Using PISA scores of students in ninth grade …) overalmost five years. In the additional time, students are taught new learning content. On average, the reform improves student …-performing students do not benefit, high-performing students benefit the most. The findings suggest that increases in instruction hours …

international PISA test (2009). We extend the analyses in two ways and find that students must differ considerably in the time …