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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
Should Individual U.S. Schools Participate in PISA?
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Rutkowski, David; Rutkowski, Leslie; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The OECD and its U.S. administrator, McGraw-Hill Education CTB, have recently concluded the first cycle of the OECD-Test for Schools in the U.S. This test is being marketed to local schools and is designed to compare 15-year-olds from individual participating schools against peers nationally and internationally using the OECD's PISA test as its…
Descriptors: Participation, International Education, Comparative Testing, Comparative Education
Measuring Socioeconomic Background in PISA: One Size Might Not Fit All
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Rutkowski, David; Rutkowski, Leslie – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
As part of its flagship educational study--the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)--the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has undertaken extensive work to create an internationally relevant composite indicator aimed at measuring socioeconomic background. However, the degree to which a single measure of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Background, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement