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    • How do immigrant students fare in disadvantaged schools? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2012-11)
      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 ...

    • How do schools compensate for socio-economic disadvantage? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017-09)
      As educators know well, there are many barriers to learning that originate outside of school, such as those that arise from socio-economic disadvantage. In many education systems, the concentration of disadvantaged students ...

    • How do teachers become knowledgeable and confident in classroom management : Insights from a pilot study 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017-11)
      The Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning (ITEL) Teacher Knowledge Survey is the first international study to explore the nature, function and development of teachers’ pedagogical knowledge, i.e. what teachers know ...

    • How do teachers teach? : Insights from teachers and students 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017)
      Almost all mathematics teachers across participating countries use clear and structured teaching practices, according to both teachers and students. A vast majority of teachers also use student-oriented practices and ...

    • How does class size vary around the world? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2012-11)
      In OECD countries, the average class size at the lower secondary level is 23 students, but there are significant differences between countries, ranging from over 32 in Japan and Korea to 19 or below in Estonia, Iceland, ...

    • How does PISA assess science literacy? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2016-11)
      Every three years, in December, it’s PISA time around the world. The education community in participating economies eagerly awaits the latest results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (coming out ...

    • How does PISA measure students’ ability to collaborate? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017-10)
      Every three years, PISA measures students’ competencies in science, reading and mathematics. Mastering the core school subjects and applying one’s knowledge to familiar settings, however, is not sufficient to thrive in life. ...

    • How has Internet use changed between 2012 and 2015? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2018-04)
      In the growing world of digital technology everything is about speed: computer processors have doubled their performance every two years for decades; the future 5G mobile phone generation is predicted to be about 100 times ...

    • How has student performance evolved over time? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2015-01)
      Improvement in PISA performance is not related to geography, national wealth or culture. In most cases, the countries that show significant improvement in PISA performance – Brazil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Tunisia ...

    • How Has the Global Economic Crisis Affected People with Different Levels of Education? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2012-01)
      Between 2008 and 2009, unemployment rates across OECD countries increased among people at all educational levels, but rose to especially troubling heights among people without an upper secondary education. In 2009, the ...

    • How have schools changed over the past decade? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2015-06)
      The quantity and quality of resources available to schools improved significantly between 2003 and 2012, on average across OECD countries. Greater financial investments in education provided schools with better teaching ...

    • How have teachers’ salaries evolved and how do they compare to those of tertiary-educated workers? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017-07)
      The combined effects of policy reforms to attract and/or retain teachers, and financial constraints in the context of the economic downturn in 2008 may explain part of the recent trends in teachers’ salaries: decreases in ...

    • How is depression related to education? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2018-03)
      People with higher educational attainment are less likely to report depression than those with lower education attainment. Women are more likely to report having depression than men at all levels of educational attainment, ...

    • How is equity in resource allocation related to student performance? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2014-10)
      How educational resources are allocated is just as important as the amount of resources available. High-performing countries and economies tend to allocate resources more equitably across socio-economically advantaged and ...

    • How is participation in sports related to students’ performance and well-being? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2018-07)
      Sports play a vital role in students’ life. Playing sports on a regular basis can reduce the risks of obesity, anxiety disorders, low self-esteem and bullying among adolescents, and it can help them live a more active and ...

    • How much do tertiary students pay and what public support do they receive? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2016-05)
      OECD countries differ significantly in the way spending on tertiary education is shared between public and private sources of funding, and in the financial support they provide to students. Countries with high tuition fees ...

    • How much of a problem is bullying at school? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2017-07)
      For the first time, the 2015 round of PISA collected data on students’ exposure to bullying. These data show that bullying is widespread. On average across OECD countries, around 11% of students reported that they are ...

    • How Much Time Do Teachers Spend on Teaching and Non-teaching Activities? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2015-02)
      The annual number of teaching hours of teachers differs greatly from one country to another and tends to decrease as the level of education increases. On average across countries, teachers spend half of their working time ...

    • How “green” are today’s 15-year-olds? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2012-04)
      Across OECD countries, around one in five students is consistently able to identify, explain and apply scientific concepts related to a variety of environmental topics. In Canada, Finland and Japan, over a third of ...

    • Improving school climate and students’ opportunities to learn 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2015-01)
      Almost one in three teachers across countries participating in the 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) reports having more than 10% of potentially disruptive students with behaviour problems in their ...