Should England continue participating in PISA?
By Blog Editor, IOE Digital, on 26 November 2019
PISA has now been running since 2000, with England participating in every cycle. Yet involvement does not come cheap. It costs more than £2m every three years for England, Wales and Northern Ireland to take part. Not to mention the burden it places upon nearly 500 schools.
It therefore seems important that we consider whether all this time and effort is worthwhile. Is England really getting enough out of its continued participation in the PISA study?
This blogpost focuses on four key reasons why England has participated in the PISA study, and the value that they bring.
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