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The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international achievement measure that assesses 15-year-old student performance in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science literacy in over 70 countries and economies triennially. By presenting an in-depth examination of PISA's role in education governance and policy discourses, this book provides the reader with a critical analysis of the educational change process within our increasingly global educational policy environment. Exploring the prominent socio-political drivers of large-scale educational reform across the globe, chapter authors examine PISA's national and global implications from a diverse range of regional contexts. Through the presentation of cross-disciplinary viewpoints and topical issues related to the PISA international survey, this volume explains the degree to which PISA-focused research is linked to national educational policy discourses and international education agendas.
List of contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: PISA, Policy, and Global Educational Governance
(Louis Volante and Xavier Fazio)
Part II: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Chapter 2: Problematizing the Expansion of PISA’s Explanatory Power
(Clara Morgan)
Chapter 3: The Dialectical Impact of PISA on International Educational Discourse and National Education Reform
(Alexander W. Wiseman and Budi Waluyo)
Chapter 4: Measurement and Evaluation Issues with PISA
(Harvey Goldstein)
Part III: Topical Issues within National and Transnational Contexts
Chapter 5: Shanghai-China and the Emergence of a Global Reference Society
(Charlene Tan and Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr.)
Chapter 6: Regional Ethnic Diversity, School Ethnic Diversity, and PISA Performance across Europe (Sjaak Braster and Jaap Dronkers)
Chapter 7: Socioeconomic Segregation in Secondary Schools: Evidence from Across the UK
(John Jerrim, Nikki Shure, Rodrigo Torres, & Gabriel Gutiérrez)
Chapter 8: Policy Implications of PISA in Germany: The Case of Teacher Education
(Christine Sälzer and Manfred Prenzel)
Chapter 9: The Role of PISA in Regional and Private/Public Debates in Italy
(Daniele Checchi and Stefano Verzillo)
Chapter 10: PISA, Policy, and Strategic Planning in Federal Switzerland
(Jeanine Füeg, Vera Husfeldt, and Claudia Zahner Rossier)
Chapter 11: The Use and Misuse of PISA Results in Poland
(Maciej Jakubowski)
Chapter 12: Using PISA to Monitor Trends and Evaluate Reforms in Australia
(Geoff N. Masters)
Chapter 13: A Vernacular Response: The Impact of PISA and the OECD on New Zealand Education (Martin Thrupp)
Chapter 14: Disconnected Expectations?
About the author
Louis Volante is Professor of Education at Brock University, Canada.
Summary
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international achievement measure that assesses 15-year-old student performance in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science literacy in over 70 countries and economies triennially. By presenting an in-depth examination of PISA’s role in education governance and policy discourses, this book provides the reader with a critical analysis of the educational change process within our increasingly global educational policy environment. Exploring the prominent socio-political drivers of large-scale educational reform across the globe, chapter authors examine PISA’s national and global implications from a diverse range of regional contexts. Through the presentation of cross-disciplinary viewpoints and topical issues related to the PISA international survey, this volume explains the degree to which PISA-focused research is linked to national educational policy discourses and international education agendas.
