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Finland: Success Through Equity—The Trajectories in PISA Performance

Arto Ahonen

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Equity (economics)Role model0502 economics and business05 social sciencesEconomics050301 educationDemographic economics050207 economicsGlory0503 education

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AbstractThe Finnish education system has gone through an exciting developmental path from a follower into a role model. Also on the two-decade history of PISA studies, Finland’s performance has provided years of glory as of the world’s top-performing nation, but also a substantial decline. This chapter examines Finland’s educational outcomes in recent PISA-study and the trends across previous cycles. Boys’ more unsatisfactory performance and the increasing effect of students’ socio-economic background are clear predictors of the declining trend, but they can explain it only partly. Some of the other possible factors are discussed.

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2020-11-24
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59031-4_6