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OECD Publishing, 2017
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading and mathematics, but what they can do with what they know. This report is the product of a collaborative effort between the countries participating in PISA, the national and international experts and institutions working within…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Rudd, Peter; Reed, Frances; Smith, Paula – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
This document summarizes research to demonstrate the difference that Building Schools for the Future (BSF) schools are making to young people's attitudes towards education and learning, as measured by their levels of engagement and enthusiasm for school. The key research objective was further broken down into a number of research questions: (1)…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, School Buildings, Educational Environment
Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula; Lee, Seon-Young – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
This study involved 99 students who took honors-level courses and 87 students who took Advanced Placement courses through a gifted distance-learning program. Data showed that students' interests in the subject areas, the desire for enriching and accelerating themselves, and the unavailability of the courses in their home schools were the major…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Student Attitudes, Talent Development, Secondary Education