mandatory and free college admission exams (ACT or SAT) to all public high school juniors. As such, the policy reduced to zero … test is administered during class time and at a student’s school. Because the mandatory exam is administered during the …

This paper investigates some early outcomes of the reform to lower the school starting age in Poland. It explores data … on the school performance of 6- and 7-year-old pupils, collected in the transitory period of the reform, when parents … decision is largely based on a rational assessment of the child’s readiness for school. There is strong evidence of positive …

-income countries where enrolment rates are already at satisfactory levels, but the challenge is to keep the students in school at post …

-income countries where enrolment rates are already at satisfactory levels, but the challenge is to keep the students in school at post …

the social composition of the school. The main explanation appeared to be a better school climate in private government … social composition of the school. As a follow-up we now investigate, again with the PISA-data of these 19 countries, whether …

The paper approaches the issue of school choice in an indirect manner by investigating the effectiveness of public … and parents, school composition, teaching and learning conditions of schools and students’ and principals’ perception of … social composition of private schools, both government-dependent and independent, which is a clear consequence of school …

atmosphere, thus helping students to better emotionally connect to the school community. This paper set out to empirically test … dimensions, namely the emotional integration with the rest of the school community, and the concern and feelings of … responsibility towards the environment. But for Austria, Belgium and Spain, no evidence could be found that the type of the school …