ERIC Number: EJ1378978
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7925
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3623
Inspirations from Abroad: The Impact of PISA on Countries' Choice of Reference Societies in Education
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v53 n2 p269-286 2023
The Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) has instigated domestic policy debate aimed at improving education systems' quality and efficiency. Its high performers are often described as knowledge-based legitimation tools that have become reference societies. This article analyses if and the extent to which PISA affects the choice of reference societies used in education policy. We conducted a systematic literature review of scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles. We identify two ways in which PISA affects the reference societies chosen: it builds but also triggers the collapse of the reference societies used in domestic education policy. However, there are also cases in which PISA has little influence on which countries or regions are used as references. The domestic processes of choosing the reference societies used in education policy emerge as more nuanced than first expected. This article provides a firm basis for a much-needed understanding of the topic.
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Educational Policy, Global Approach, Comparative Education, High Achievement, Global Education, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Test Score Decline, Academic Achievement, Stereotypes, Expectation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Germany; United Kingdom (England); Sweden; Belgium; France; Portugal; Hungary; Romania; United Kingdom (Scotland); United States; Japan; Hong Kong; South Korea
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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