In October, the Education Policy Institute hosted the launch of the latest OECD report on equity in education. It looked at international test scores at age ten, age 15 and ages 25-29 to compare how well disadvantaged young people fare at different stages of their lives.
The positive news from the report is that poverty is not destiny, or at least it doesn’t have to be. In the UK, 11 per cent of the difference in performance in PISA tests (taken at age 15) is attributed to socio-economic status. This is slightly lower than the OECD average of 13 per cent.
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