The OECD Secretariat wishes to thank the three countries that supported this work (England, Estonia and the United States), in addition to the children, their parents and teachers who participated in the study.
This report was prepared by Rowena Phair. Statistical analysis was completed by Vanessa Denis. Rachel Linden carried out literature research for the report, and also provided communications support. Lauren Kavanagh made considerable contributions to the early stages of the analysis. Andreas Schleicher and Yuri Belfali oversaw the development of the report as a whole.