‘PISA has shifted from being a measure to a target, and in so doing it has lost its value’
Blog Editor, IOE Digital6 December 2019A recent IOE Blog asks whether England should continue its involvement with the triennial PISA tests and concludes that we should, as it provides a wealth of unexplored data for analysis.
The question is timely as the outcomes of the 2018 PISA exercise have just been released. They show once again that England’s scores are fairly stable and around the average – although the they do show improved scores in Reading and Maths and a decline in Science and Life Satisfaction.
The important question in deciding whether to continue with PISA is: what have been the major benefits over the last 19 years?
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