Weaving the threads of educational success. Towards an interfaced model to drive the success of our students

Abstract

Educational success is a priority for the inclusion and well-being of people across the European Union. In this sense, Spain is facing crucial challenges with high rates of school failure in a socioeconomic context characterized by high unemployment and limited public resources. The study of the comprehensive conditions of educational success is a step forward to prevent the failure of our education system. This article presents an extensive review of the literature on educational success especially in Spain over the last fifteen years. The study compares the ratio of the conditions of educational success that underpin the PISA model, with those presented by the literature, in order to discuss some of the limitations presented by the PISA model. The results show that to effectively address educational success is necessary to consider a broader and more comprehensive approach, including community factors as conditions beyond the individual, family and school; as well as a look at the relationship between these conditions and factors, highlighting some indicators such as cross-educational collaboration between actors and context expectations.