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Classick, Rachel; Gambhir, Geeta; Liht, Jose; Sharp, Caroline; Wheater, Rebecca – UK Department for Education, 2021
Social mobility and improving the performance of disadvantaged pupils is a focus for policy in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The findings from PISA 2018 provide a unique opportunity to explore the impact of disadvantage on pupils aged 15, to contextualise achievement outcomes with information about home-life and school, as well as providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Smith, Andrea; Schneider, Barry H.; Ruck, Martin D. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
Black Canadians share many aspects of the historical experiences of African Americans, but there are also important differences. One similarity between these two groups is the persistent academic underachievement of Black adolescents. Although this is a subject of widespread concern in both countries, it has received little empirical scrutiny in…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Academic Achievement, Minority Groups, Underachievement