An Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Disadvantage and School Quality on the Probability of School Dropout PISA scores are an internationally established indicator of student and school performance. This paper builds on the evidence that better PISA scores are known to be associated with better later life outcomes. It uses the Australian PISA micro-level data in combination with its longit...

International surveys in education became to be a popular source of information about student performance in economics. Increasing number of countries is participating in these surveys which extends opportunities for international studies. There are three surveys which cover more than 40 countries. These are PISA conducted by OECD, and TIMSS and PIRLS conducted by the consortium created by Inte...

P-3 Exercise intolerance in Mc Ardle Disease: functional and metabolic evaluation F. Bertolucci, G. Ricci, R. Papi, F. Franzoni, F. Galetta, G. Bigalli, M.C. Zecca, G. Tartarisco, C. Masoni, A. Lo Gerfo, G. Siciliano Department of Neuroscience and 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy; 2 Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, S. Chiara Hospital, Pisa, Italy; 3 Institute of Clin...

F. Mazzanti, A. Polls, and A. Fabrocini Departament d’Electrònica, Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle, Pg. Bonanova 8, Universitat Ramon Llull, E-08022 Barcelona, Spain Departament d’Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria, Diagonal 645, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Dipartimento di Fisica ‘‘E. Fermi,’’ Università di Pisa, and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Via Buonarroti, 2, I-561...

The PISA 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015 assessments use the same science performance scale, which means that score points on this scale are directly comparable over time. The same is true for the reading performance scale used since PISA 2000 and the mathematics performance scale used since PISA 2003. Comparisons of scores across time are possible because some items are common across assessments and...

1 LAAS-CNRS, 7 avenue du Colonel Roche, Toulouse Cedex 4, France 2 University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom 3 PDCC CNUCE-CNR, Via S. Maria 36, 56126 Pisa, Italy 4 Intecs Sistemi S.p.A., V. L. Gereschi 32/34, 56127 Pisa, Italy 5 PDCC IEI CNR, Via S. Maria 46, 56126 Pisa Italy 6 Technicatome, BP 34000, 13791 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 3, France 7 Matra Marconi Space, 31 rue des Cosmonautes, 3...

P-3 Exercise intolerance in Mc Ardle Disease: functional and metabolic evaluation F. Bertolucci, G. Ricci, R. Papi, F. Franzoni, F. Galetta, G. Bigalli, M.C. Zecca, G. Tartarisco, C. Masoni, A. Lo Gerfo, G. Siciliano Department of Neuroscience and 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy; 2 Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, S. Chiara Hospital, Pisa, Italy; 3 Institute of Clin...

F. Frijia, L. Menichetti, V. Positano, V. Lionetti, C. Forte, J. H. Ardenkjaer-Larsen, M. Milanesi, G. Giovannetti, D. De Marchi, G. Aquaro, M. Campan, F. A. Recchia, L. Landini, M. F. Santarelli, and M. Lombardi MRI Lab, "G. Monasterio" Foundation and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy, Sector of Medicine, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisi...

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53519, USA. 2 Medical Scientist Training Program and Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53519, USA. 3 Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Pisa 56126, Italy. 4 Clinical Psychology Branch, University of Pisa, AOUP Santa Chiara, Pisa 56126, Italy. 5 D...

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