Do students perform better in schools with orderly classrooms?

Abstract

According to the reports of students who participated in PISA 2009, most students in most of the PISA participating countries and economies enjoy orderly classrooms. On average across OECD countries, for example, four out of five students reported that only occasionally do students not work well in class because of distractions from other students. Around three out of four students also reported that only occasionally do their teachers have to wait a long time for students to quiet down; and more than two out of three students reported that never or hardly ever is there noise and disorder in their classrooms.