What are students like as learners as they near the end of compulsory education? The answer matters greatly, not only … learners. This report analyses the results, focusing on students’ motivation, self-beliefs and use of various learning …

effective in fostering students’ sense of belonging and participation in school? These questions are of great concern to … information on students’ literacy skills, but also on their attitudes and values, their social backgrounds, and on important …

to which students and schools with different socio-economic backgrounds have access to similar educational resources, and … and different aspects of socio-economic background. Chapter 4 compares the performance of students with an immigrant … background with the performance of other students. Chapter 5 analyses the impact of socio-economic background of schools on …

reading. It shows reading literacy levels of students aged 15, in 32 countries, in terms of how well they can use written …

Knowledge and Skills for Life assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education (15-year-olds) have … in levels of knowledge and skills between students, schools and countries. The extent to which the socio …-economic background of students and schools affects student performance varies. Some countries have managed to mitigate the influence of …

with students' responses to the questionnaires and the test questions. The first results were released in December 2001 and …