The experience of middle-income countries participating in PISA 2000-2015
By: Marlaine E. Lockheed with Tijana Prokic-Breuer, Anna Shadrova
Publisher: The World Bank; OECD Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9789264246188
Subjects: Academic achievement; Testing; Education and state; Educational tests and measurements; Learning; Evaluation
Other titles: PISA
Description: This report provides a systematic review and empirical evidence related to the experiences of middle-income countries and economies participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2000 to 2015. PISA is a triennial survey that aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students. To date, students representing more than 70 countries and economies have participated in the assessment, including 44 middle-income countries, many of which are developing countries receiving foreign aid. This report provides answers to six important questions about these middle-income countries and their experiences of participating in PISA: What is the extent of developing country participation in PISA and other international learning assessments? Why do these countries join PISA? What are the financial, technical, and cultural challenges for their participation in PISA? What impact has participation had on their national assessment capacity? How have PISA results influenced their national policy discussions? And what does PISA data tell us about education in these countries and the policies and practices that influence student performance? The findings of this report are being used by the OECD to support its efforts to make PISA more relevant to a wider range of countries, and by the World Bank as part of its on-going dialogue with its client countries regarding participation in international large-scale assessments.
Notes: "World Bank Group"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword and acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations and acronyms; title: Executive Summary; title: Overview: Lessons from international and regional educational assessments; title: International large-scale assessments: Origins, growth and why countries participate in PISA; title: What have been the challenges facing middle-income countries participating in PISA?; title: What have been the capacity-building outcomes for countries participating in PISA?; title: How have PISA results informed education policy discussions and affected policy in middle-income countries?; title: What does PISA data tell us about education in middle-income countries?; title: Selected tables from PISA 2012 results, Volumes I-IV; title: Results of multi-level analyses of PISA 2012 mathematics in 18 middle-income countries; title: PISA 2012 mathematics performance and books in the home; title: Summary descriptions for the six levels of proficiency in mathematics.