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Direct linkHo, Esther Sui-Chu – Education Journal, 2003
Developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a regular survey to assess the preparedness of 15-year-olds for adult life in over 40 countries/regions. Hong Kong joined PISA in 2000. This article introduces the background and framework of PISA and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Comparative Education, Evaluation Methods
Wu, Margaret – Education Journal, 2003
This article presents key features of the mathematics assessment in OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), from the point of view of the design of test items to fit in with the PISA mathematics framework. A brief description is first given to provide some background to the development of the PISA mathematics framework. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Test Items, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Yip, Din-Yan; Cheung, Derek – Education Journal, 2004
In this study, instructional activities in science classrooms are examined in order to collect evidence to account for the strengths and weaknesses of Hong Kong students in scientific literacy as reported in the PISA 2000 project. The study consists of a questionnaire survey on the perceptions of classroom climate of science lessons of 17,616…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy
