Middle- and upper-class parents tend to think that school systems in which students from different socio … find that in education systems in which schools become more socially inclusive, students from disadvantaged families … improve their performance. Students from better-off families perform well independent of whether the education system becomes …

We examine the role of teachers and students in the formation of grade 12 test scores in public schools in Delhi. There … and parents' education have no predictive power. There is some evidence that principals' rating of teachers and value …

illustration of the many ways in which teachers and school leaders might influence the success of their students, acting as a tool …The work of teachers matters in many different ways. Not only do they provide students with the knowledge and skills … needed to thrive in the labour market, but they also help develop the social-emotional skills that are vital for students …

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in mathematics … and science of students in PISA 2012. …

Most students think that what they learned in school is useful for them or their future. Students’ attitudes towards … school are associated with their reading skills. Students who report that the climate at their school is conducive to … learning tend to have more positive attitudes towards school. …

school, as reflected in the proportion of students whose mothers have low levels of education. The concentration, in a school …Immigrant students often have to overcome multiple barriers at once in order to succeed at school. Across most OECD … countries, poor performance among immigrant students relative to other students is strongly related to social disadvantage at …

PISA 2015 data show that, on average across OECD countries, as many as three out of four students from the lowest …, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia and Viet Nam, more than 30% of disadvantaged students scored at Level 3 or above in all PISA … subjects in 2015, and can thus be considered “academically resilient”. Students who perform at Level 3 begin to demonstrate the …