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Do students’ career expectations align with their skills?

Students who reported feeling like outsiders scored 22 points lower in science than students who did not report feeling that way.

The level of vigorous physical activity a student engages in is positively correlated with the student’s well-being.

In which countries and at which schools do students from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed?

Exam-related anxiety is widespread: 59% of students worry about exams, and 66% worry about getting bad grades.

Approximately one-third of the variation in performance in the sciences among OECD countries is explained by the degree of equity in the distribution of educational resources between advantaged and disadvantaged schools, with the most equitable systems performing better on average.

Across all OECD countries, the percentage of fully certified teachers has a positive, albeit moderate, correlation with student performance on the PISA assessment.

Migrant students from the same country of origin and with similar socioeconomic backgrounds often perform differently in various school systems

Four out of five students in OECD countries agree or strongly agree that they feel happy at school or that they feel they belong at school.

Boys are more likely to underperform when they attend schools with a high percentage of students who come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.