Giving disadvantaged students a helping hand

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report on Equity in Education, released in October 2018, analyses educational performance in different countries based on results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015. The country notes for the UK highlight the key findings, particularly the existing disparities in academic performance between advantaged and disadvantaged students. This article analyses what it could mean for science teaching.