conditional on a large set of pre–high school measures. Schools that are successful in attracting students to these fields reduce …Despite the striking reversal of the gender gap in education, women pursue science, technology, engineering, and … gender differences and examines the role of the high school context for plans to major in STEM fields. Building on recent …

relationship between the frequency and intensity of students’ exposure to subject content in school, what is known as “opportunity …This first volume of PISA 2012 results summarises the performance of students in PISA 2012. It describes how … performance is defined, measured and reported, and then provides results from the assessment, showing what students are able to do …