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A Call for a More Measured Approach to Reporting and Interpreting PISA Results
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Rutkowski, Leslie; Rutkowski, David – Educational Researcher, 2016
In the current article, we consider the influential position of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and discuss several methodological areas that demonstrate the need for caution when using and interpreting PISA results. We motivate our argument by briefly describing the program's increased influence in educational policy…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Outcome Measures, Data Interpretation, Research Reports
Moving beyond Country Rankings in International Assessments: The Case of PISA
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Perry, Nancy; Ercikan, Kadriye – Teachers College Record, 2015
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was designed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to evaluate the quality, equity, and efficiency of school systems around the world. Specifically, the PISA has assessed 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy on a 3-year cycle, since…
Descriptors: International Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
Why the McKinsey Reports Will Not Improve School Systems
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Coffield, Frank – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
In the last four years McKinsey and Company have produced two highly influential reports on how to improve school systems. The first McKinsey report "How the world's best-performing school systems come out on top" has since its publication in 2007 been used to justify change in educational policy and practice in England and many other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Public Education