THE SCHOOL THAT READS ITSELF
Date:
28 November 2025
The value of data and educational research for analysing and tackling early school leaving
Tuesday, 20 January
14:30 / 17:30
Online and in person (Via Ippolito Nievo 35, ground floor))
Book presentation by Veronica Mobilio
Early school leaving is a phenomenon that reflects and amplifies social inequalities. This volume demonstrates how educational research and the informed use of data can become tools for understanding and taking action to combat it. Empirical analyses, predictive models and case studies are interwoven to capture the complexity of the phenomenon and guide more equitable policies and practices.
Aldo Visalberghi Library and
INVALSI Documentation Centre
Programme:
Timetable
Activity & Speaker
14:30-14:40
Opening of proceedings
Roberto Ricci, President, INVALSI
14:40-14:50
Presentation of the book “La scuola che legge sé stessa”
Veronica Mobilio, Head of Research, Fondazione per la Scuola
14:50-16:10
Discussions between authors and panellists: four perspectives on early school leaving
14:50-15:10
Section 1 – Social inequalities, educational poverty and contexts of vulnerability
Laura Giuliani, Senior Researcher, INAPP
Discussant: Patrizia Falzetti, Head of the Evaluation Research Department, INVALSI
15:10-15:30
Section 2 – Individual, psychosocial and school-related factors
Luca Andrighetto, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Education, University of Genoa
Discussant: Roberto Trinchero, Secretary, SIRD – online
15:30-15:50
Section 3 – School Delay, Discontinuous Educational Pathways and Failure
Dalit Contini, Full Professor of Social Statistics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Turin
Discussant: Francesca Borgonovi, Honorary Professor, University College London – Senior Analyst, OECD – online
15:50-16:10
Section 4 – Predictive models, data and tools for tackling the issue
Tommaso Agasisti, Full Professor of Management Engineering, Department of Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Discussant: Barbara Baldazzi, Senior Researcher, ISTAT
16:10-16:45
Closing Remarks
Patrizia Falzetti, Head of the Evaluation Research Division, INVALSI
Roberto Trinchero, Secretary, SIRD
Francesca Borgonovi, Honorary Professor, University College London – Senior Analyst, OECD – online
Barbara Baldazzi, Senior Researcher, ISTAT
16:45-17:15
Questions from the audience
17:15-17:30
Closing Remarks
Roberto Ricci, President, INVALSI
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The event will be held both in person and online
To take part, please email the following
address: uff.statistico@invalsi.it
with the subject line “Book Presentation 20 January”
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26 January 2026, 11:20
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