The Pull of PISA : Uncertainty, Influence, and Ignorance

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Abstract

If participation rates are any indication, the Programme for International Assessment (PISA), sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is increasing in influence, and the OECD plans for further expansion of the scope of PISA. Following a discussion of some validity issues in relation to PISA, several reasons are postulated for the popularity or “pull ” of PISA, among which are: borrowing from other jurisdictions in the face of the uncertainties of globalization, the political leverage nation-states may obtain because they can compare themselves to others both in terms of PISA as well as economically, and the common discourse that surrounds PISA, which is the product of the professionalization of educational assessment. It is argued that the influence of PISA may jeopardize the democratization of education policy insofar as it allows elites to pursue their own agendas with little public input. In 2000, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development launched the first round of PISA—the Programme for International Assessment (OECD, n.d.). Unlike some other large scale international assessments such

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Autori: SHARON ANN MURPHY iD (York University)
Data di pubblicazione:01/01/2010
Tipo di documento:Articolo
Lingua:inglese
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Global Educational Policies and Reforms (Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Political Science and International Relations)
Educational Assessment and Improvement (Social Sciences > Decision Sciences > Information Systems and Management)
Education and Public Policy (Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Political Science and International Relations)
PISA, Programme for International Student Assessment, international student assessment, OECD, globalization, education policy
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Riassunto:If participation rates are any indication, the Programme for International Assessment (PISA), sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is increasing in influence, and the OECD plans for further expansion of the scope of PISA. Following a discussion of some validity issues in relation to PISA, several reasons are postulated for the popularity or “pull ” of PISA, among which are: borrowing from other jurisdictions in the face of the uncertainties of globalization, the political leverage nation-states may obtain because they can compare themselves to others both in terms of PISA as well as economically, and the common discourse that surrounds PISA, which is the product of the professionalization of educational assessment. It is argued that the influence of PISA may jeopardize the democratization of education policy insofar as it allows elites to pursue their own agendas with little public input. In 2000, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development launched the first round of PISA—the Programme for International Assessment (OECD, n.d.). Unlike some other large scale international assessments such