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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb-22
Pages: 32
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The Policy Impact of PISA: An Exploration of the Normative Effects of International Benchmarking in School System Performance. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 71
Breakspear, Simon
OECD Publishing (NJ1)
Little research has been done into how the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) affect national educational reform and policy-making. This paper examines the normative impact of PISA by investigating how, and the extent to which , national policy actors use PISA in policies and practices, to evaluate and improve school-system performance. Drawing on the results of a survey of country practices, the study shows that PISA has become accepted as a reliable instrument for benchmarking student performance worldwide, and that PISA results have had an influence on policy reform in the majority of participating countries/economies. (Contains 3 figures, 5 tables and 10 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Benchmarking, Change Strategies, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Data Analysis, Evaluation Utilization, Surveys, Test Reliability, Educational Assessment, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Science Achievement
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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