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Explaining Student Performance Evidence from the international PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS surveys Final Report November 2005 Explaining Student Performance Evidence from the international PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS surveys Jens Henrik Haahr with Thomas Kibak Nielsen, Martin Eggert Hansen and S ren Teglgaard Jakobsen This study was carried out on behalf of the European Commission s Directorate-General for Education and Culture. Views expressed represent exclusively the positions of the authors and do not necessarily correspond to those of the European Commission. 1 Contents Index ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ..2 1. Executive 4 Education Systems and Basic 4 Student Background Characteristics and Basic 10 School Characteristics and Basic Skills.

The assessment of results and the recommendations that are put forward rest on a normative foundation, which can be derived from the EU’s Lisbon Strategy: • Education systems should enable as many students as possible to perform as strongly as possible in …

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