His most recent book, School Accountability, Autonomy and Choice around the World, considers sources of
international differences in student achievement.
Not exact matches
The OECD's Programme for
International Student Assessment (PISA) shows that some countries have been successful both
in lifting overall levels of
achievement and
in reducing
differences related to socioeconomic background.
While quantitative input measures show little impact, several measures of institutional structures and of the quality of the teaching force can account for significant portions of the immense
international differences in the level and equity of
student achievement.
When
Students Don't Care: Reexamining
International Differences in Achievement and Non-Cognitive Skills,
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The paper suggests that
international differences in educational institutions explain the large
international differences in student performance
in cognitive
achievement tests.