Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools.

OECD (2012)

CHAPTER 1. INVESTING IN EQUITY IN EDUCATION PAYS OFF
Equity in education and school failure: key challenge in OECD countries Equity in education can contribute to economic competitiveness and social cohesion
Fair and inclusive education as a lever out of the crisis
Conclusion: a strategy to improve equity and reduce school failure
CHAPTER 2. TACKLING SYSTEM LEVEL POLICIES THAT HINDER EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Recommendation 1. Eliminate grade repetition
Recommendation 2. Avoid early tracking and defer student selection to upper secondary
Recommendation 3. Manage school choice to avoid segregation and increased inequities
Recommendation 4. Make funding strategies responsive to students’ and schools’ needs
Recommendation 5. Design equivalent upper secondary pathways to ensure completion
Conclusion: system level policies to reduce school failure
CHAPTER 3. IMPROVING LOW PERFORMING DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS
A harmful equation: disadvantaged students and low performing schools
A strategy for low performing disadvantaged schools to raise their students’ achievement
Recommendation 1. Strengthen and support school leadership
Recommendation 2. Stimulate a supportive school climate and environment for learning
Recommendation 3. Attract, support and retain high quality teachers
Recommendation 4. Ensure effective classroom learning strategies
Recommendation 5. Prioritise linking schools with parents and communities
Conclusion: policies to help disadvantaged schools and their students improve