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Leaning Too Far? PISA, Policy and Australia's "Top Five" Ambitions
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Gorur, Radhika; Wu, Margaret – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2015
Australia has declared its ambition to be within the "top five" in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) by 2025. So serious is it about this ambition, that the Australian Government has incorporated it into the "Australian Education Act, 2013". Given this focus on PISA results and rankings, we go beyond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation
An Examination of the Content Knowledge Exam for Classroom Teaching in Accordance with the Opinions of the Branch Experts
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Ari, Sinan; Ünal, Emre – College Student Journal, 2016
The need for and employment of qualified teachers have always been in the agenda since the foundation of our country. It is aimed with this study to reveal the convenience of the Content Knowledge Test for Teaching (CKTT), which was first held in 2014, in terms of the content of the classroom teaching undergraduate programs, general competencies…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Tests, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Competencies
Testing for All: The Emergence and Development of International Assessment of Student Achievement, 1958-2012
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Pizmony-Levy, Oren – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines a vital catalyst in the globalization of education: international assessments--that involve testing and rankings--of student achievement in academic subjects. Nearly all high-income countries participate in international assessments such as Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Progress in…
Descriptors: Global Approach, International Assessment, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries