OECD Education Working Papers

ISSN :
1993-9019 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/19939019
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This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected studies drawing on the work of the OECD Directorate for Education. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language (English or French) with a short summary available in the other.
 

The Policy Impact of PISA

An Exploration of the Normative Effects of International Benchmarking in School System Performance You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Simon Breakspear1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Publication Date
22 Feb 2012
Bibliographic information
No.:
71
Pages
32
DOI
10.1787/5k9fdfqffr28-en

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Little research has been done into how the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) affect national educational reform and policy-making. This paper examines the normative impact of PISA by investigating how, and the extent to which , national policy actors use PISA in policies and practices, to evaluate and improve school-system performance. Drawing on the results of a survey of country practices, the study shows that PISA has become accepted as a reliable instrument for benchmarking student performance worldwide, and that PISA results have had an influence on policy reform in the majority of participating countries/economies.