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How Much Do 15-Year-Olds Learn over One Year of Schooling? An International Comparison Based on PISA. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 257
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Avvisati, Francesco; Givord, Pauline – OECD Publishing, 2021
This paper quantifies the learning gain that accrues to 15-year-old students over one year of schooling in 18 countries and economies, where the cohort eligible to sit the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)ISA test overlaps with two distinct school cohorts. School-entry regulations are used as an exogenous source of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Foreign Countries
Is Too Much Testing Bad for Student Performance and Well-Being? PISA in Focus. No. 79
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OECD Publishing, 2017
Standardised tests help measure student's progress at school and can inform education policy about existing shortfalls. However, too much testing could lead to much pressure on students and teachers to learn and teach for a test, something that would take the joy out of the learning process. Many parents and educators are all too familiar with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Ten Questions for Mathematics Teachers… and How PISA Can Help Answer Them. PISA
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Weatherby, Kristen – OECD Publishing, 2016
Every three years, the Programme for International Student Assessment, better known as PISA, evaluates 15-year-old students around the world to determine how well their education system has prepared them for life after compulsory schooling. Once the results are published, the media rush to compare their countries' positions in the international…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students