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Seeing Like PISA: A Cautionary Tale about the Performativity of International Assessments
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Gorur, Radhika – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
PISA is an extremely influential large-scale assessment, and its "policy lessons" are being incorporated in a range of nations all over the world. In this paper I argue that not only is PISA influencing policies and practices, but also that "seeing like PISA" is becoming a widespread phenomenon. Globally, education…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Evaluation Utilization, Test Reliability, Test Validity