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What Can We Do to Ensure a Level Playing Field for All Students? PISA in Focus. No. 117
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Ikeda, Miyako – OECD Publishing, 2022
Many education systems aim to provide learning opportunities to all students regardless of their backgrounds in order for them to realise their potential. Education systems are expected to break down barriers to social mobility. However, too often, children are not given enough opportunities to succeed, to pursue their interests, or to develop…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Social Differences
Protocol for a Systematic Review: Targeted School-Based Interventions for Improving Reading and Mathematics for Students with or At-Risk of Academic Difficulties in Grade 7 to 12--A Systematic Review
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Dietrichson, Jens; Bøg, Martin; Filges, Trine; Jørgensen, Anne-Marie Klint – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2016
The objective of this review is to assess the effectiveness of interventions aimed at students with or at-risk of academic difficulties in grades 7 to 12 for increasing academic abilities and enhancing educational outcomes, as measured by standardised tests in reading and mathematics. The analysis will centre on the comparative effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Intervention, Reading Improvement, Mathematics Achievement
Protocol for a Systematic Review: Targeted School-Based Interventions for Improving Reading and Mathematics for Students with or At-Risk of Academic Difficulties in Grade K to 6--A Systematic Review
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Dietrichson, Jens; Bøg, Martin; Filges, Trine; Jørgensen, Anne-Marie Klint – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2016
The objective of this review is to assess the effectiveness of interventions aimed at students with or at-risk of academic difficulties in grades K to 6 for increasing academic abilities and enhancing educational outcomes, as measured by standardised tests in reading and mathematics. The analysis will centre on the comparative effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Intervention, Reading Improvement, Reading Achievement
The Efficacy of Philadelphia's K-to-8 Schools Compared to Middle Grades Schools.
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Offenberg, Robert M. – Middle School Journal, 2001
Natural experiments explored the effects of attending public Philadelphia K-to-8 schools or public middle schools on eighth- and ninth-grade achievement. Found that students attending K-8 schools had higher reading, mathematics, and science achievement than students attending middle schools serving similar communities. Suggested that number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Schools, Mathematics Achievement