The list of predictors for learning success is a familiar mix. In adults, according to this review, motivation remains a prime factor. Meanwhile, a PISA report on Canadian students stresses the importance of strong reading skills by age 15, "indicating that strong competencies could overcome effects of disadvantages." And despite the Globe and Mail's attempt at misdirection, "students with university-educated parents were 4.5 times more likely to attend university" and "almost two-thirds of students from high income households attended university compared with one third from the lowest income group." Finally, this report in the BBC News indicates that the language skills poor children lag a year behind their better-off colleagues.
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