Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results

Despite discourses in the media and by some ‘experts’ that claim that students’ socioeconomic and migration status determine academic achievement, research has already shown that these are only correlations and that what determines academic achievement are the actions implemented in a school. Resear...

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Main Authors: Carme Garcia Yeste, Teresa Morlà-Folch, Garazi Lopez de Aguileta, Laura Natividad Sancho, Ane Lopez de Aguileta, Ariadna Munté-Pascual
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2025.2459330
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description Despite discourses in the media and by some ‘experts’ that claim that students’ socioeconomic and migration status determine academic achievement, research has already shown that these are only correlations and that what determines academic achievement are the actions implemented in a school. Research has provided evidence of Successful Educational Actions (SEA) that have achieved excellent results among all students in very diverse contexts. This study delves into the absenteeism and academic performance of a primary and secondary school located in a marginalized neighbourhood in Spain that has been implementing SEA. Researchers have gathered data on the results of basic competencies in sixth grade in primary education and the evolution of absenteeism between the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 school years. Results show that a school with a majority of students with a disadvantaged socio-economic profile improves its results by applying SEA and demonstrating how to overcome school failure.
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spelling doaj-art-49fbb3411d6a4a588b517382bae658802025-01-29T06:22:52ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth0267-38432164-45272025-12-0130110.1080/02673843.2025.2459330Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA resultsCarme Garcia Yeste0Teresa Morlà-Folch1Garazi Lopez de Aguileta2Laura Natividad Sancho3Ane Lopez de Aguileta4Ariadna Munté-Pascual5Department of Pedagogy, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainDepartment of Pedagogy, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainDepartment of Sociology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Pedagogy, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, SpainDepartment of Social Work, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Social Work, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainDespite discourses in the media and by some ‘experts’ that claim that students’ socioeconomic and migration status determine academic achievement, research has already shown that these are only correlations and that what determines academic achievement are the actions implemented in a school. Research has provided evidence of Successful Educational Actions (SEA) that have achieved excellent results among all students in very diverse contexts. This study delves into the absenteeism and academic performance of a primary and secondary school located in a marginalized neighbourhood in Spain that has been implementing SEA. Researchers have gathered data on the results of basic competencies in sixth grade in primary education and the evolution of absenteeism between the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 school years. Results show that a school with a majority of students with a disadvantaged socio-economic profile improves its results by applying SEA and demonstrating how to overcome school failure.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2025.2459330Educational opportunitiesPISAbasic competenciesdisadvantaged socio-economic profilesuccessful educational actions
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Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Educational opportunities
PISA
basic competencies
disadvantaged socio-economic profile
successful educational actions
title Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results
title_full Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results
title_fullStr Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results
title_full_unstemmed Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results
title_short Achieving the same educational opportunities for all: overcoming hoax interpretations of the PISA results
title_sort achieving the same educational opportunities for all overcoming hoax interpretations of the pisa results
topic Educational opportunities
PISA
basic competencies
disadvantaged socio-economic profile
successful educational actions
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2025.2459330
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