, Chapter 1 presents a summary of features shared by "successful" school systems. Chapter 2 details how resources, policies and … organisational features (how students are sorted into grades, schools, and programmes, school autonomy, etc.) of schools and systems … (behaviours, discipline, parental involvement, school leadership, etc.) and how they affect performance. The final chapter …

all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …

all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …