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Strongest impact of socio-economic background on mathematics performance …

„Among OECD countries, the strongest impact of socio-economic background on mathematics performance is found in Chile, France, Hungary and the

Finnland: „The relative risk of students with immigrant background scoring below Level 2 was the greatest of all OECD countries

Finnland: „PISA has thrown a country to the top of the international ranking charts that least follows the OECD’s ‘standard

„In Shanghai schools, children are geared to an exam-oriented culture and a teaching system that emphasizes memorization and rote learning.

„Italy is one of the OECD countries with largest native-immigrant performance gaps in PISA 2009, in particular for second generation

„Across the EU, early school leaving rates amongst the foreign-born population are more than twice as high as the early

Kanada: „About 42.6 % of expenditure for tertiary education in 2010 comes from private sources (compared to the OECD average of

„In the Republic of Korea nearly 90 % of elementary students receive some sort of shadow education; and in Hong Kong,

„Sweden’s rankings have declined over the past ten years, and the gap between high and low achieving students has increased.“Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nina

Schweden: „74 % of children immigrating less than five years before the end of compulsory school and 48 % of those immigrating