Are Teachers Crucial for Academic Achievement? Finland Educational Success in a Comparative Perspective by Eduardo Andere

“…Teachers are seen as the main reason behind the high, equal, and consistent student performance in Finland as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and there is a lot of truth in this. …”
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Text oder Karte? Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung zur Effektivität der Kartenarbeit im Geographieunterricht by Frank Dickmann, Nadine Diekmann-Boubaker

“… The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveals shortages in literacy of German students. …”
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Measuring Internal Educational Equity: Application to Latin America by María Marta Formichella

“…Then this indicator is used to describe and compare the equity between selected Latin American countries (those that participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] in the years 2000 and/or 2009.…”
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Browsing the Web for School: Social Inequality in Adolescents’ School-Related Use of the Internet by Maximilian Weber, Birgit Becker

“…Data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 is used for the empirical analyses. …”
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Os efeitos das diferentes formas de capital no desempenho escolar: um estudo à luz de Bourdieu e de Coleman by Alicia Bonamino, Fátima Alves, Creso Franco, Sibele Cazelli

“…The aim of the present study is to evaluate the relative merits of these sociological approaches, to explore the explanatory potential of economic, social and cultural capital in the analysis of educational performance, and to analyze the effects of the different forms of capital and their familial mobilization on the reading performance of Brazilian students who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) held in 2000. The data was analyzed using models of linear regression and the analysis of conglomerates. …”
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Avaliações e pesquisas educacionais internacionais: entrevista com Andreas Schleicher by Gabriela Moriconi

“…Nesta entrevista, Andreas Schleicher, Diretor de Educação e Assessor Especial em Política Educacional da Secretaria Geral da Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE), comenta sobre o papel da OCDE e, em especial, do Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), no contexto educacional internacional, sua relação com atores da comunidade educacional, bem como os impactos de sua atuação. …”
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PISA in Finland: An Education Miracle or an Obstacle to Change? by Pasi Sahlberg

“…The present article discusses the role and impact of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Finland. PISA has created a new geography of education policies and reforms by shifting global interest away from Anglo-Saxon education systems to Asian countries, as well as to Finland and Canada in the West. …”
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A Recipe for Success: A Comparative View of Mathematics Teacher Education in Finland and Singapore by Berglind Gísladóttir, Björg Jóhannsdóttir

“…Finland and Singapore are both nations that have excelled in mathematics on international assessments, such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). …”
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Política educacional, exames internacionais de desempenho e a busca da escolarização de classe mundial: uma análise crítica by Paul Morris

“…As políticas educacionais no mundo todo estão cada vez mais dirigidas por um desejo de emular as “melhores práticas” de países que têm bom resultado em exames internacionais de desempenho de alunos, tais como o Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) e o Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). …”
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Costruire le condizioni per trasformare l'insegnamento della matematica by Vincenza Benigno, Giampaolo Chiappini

“…Il progetto ha previsto: la riflessione collettiva dei partecipanti sui risultati in campo matematico conseguiti dagli studenti italiani nel test internazionale PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment); la conseguente elaborazione di una proposta di curriculum di matematica; la progettazione di attività didattiche innovative per favorire lo sviluppo di competenze matematiche simili a quelle testate in PISA.…”
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Export variety and human capital distribution by Lim, Grace Hui Qi, Gan, Luhui

“…We also used internationally comparable test scores from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to derive a proxy for human capital distribution. …”
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透過PISA與TIMSS評比研究檢視西方與亞洲學生數學的相對強項 Using PISA and TIMSS Mathematics Assessments to Identify the Relative Strengths of Students in Western and Asian Countries... by 張立民 Margaret Wu

“…Wu（2009）的研究曾將2003 年「國際學生能力評量計畫」（Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA）的數學表現，與「國際數學與科學教育成就趨勢調查」（Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, TIMSS）八年級學生的數學表現做一比較，結果發現，西方國家在PISA 的表現大致上比在TIMSS的表現為佳。…”
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Evaluación y Pruebas Estandarizadas: Una Reflexión sobre el Sentido, Utilidad y Efectos de estas Pruebas en el Campo Educativo by Manuel Fernández Navas, Noelia Alcaraz Salarirche, Miguel Sola Fernández

“…Para ello se realiza una reflexión por una de las máximas representantes de esta corriente en Europa, las denominadas pruebas PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)(Programa Internacional para la Evaluación de Estudiantes). …”
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Understanding and Addressing the Deficiencies in UK Mathematics Education: Taking an International Perspective by Charlotte S. Skipp, Eleanor J. Dommett

“…This paper reflects on UK mathematics education following the poor performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) metric, which compares reading, science, and mathematics across 27 countries. …”
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School Effect and Student Performance: a Latin American Assessment from PISA by Fabiana A. Alves, Osvaldo Candido

“…Combining data from the last three editions of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with a multilevel approach, we aim to assess the effect of Latin American schools on student attainment and identify factors that contribute to their performance. …”
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Política educacional, exames internacionais de desempenho e a busca da escolarização de classe mundial: uma análise crítica by Paul Morris

“…As políticas educacionais no mundo todo estão cada vez mais dirigidas por um desejo de emular as “melhores práticas” de países que têm bom resultado em exames internacionais de desempenho de alunos, tais como o Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) e o Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). …”
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Mathematics curriculum in Ireland: The ınfluence of PISA on the development of project maths by Liz Kirwan

“…This article interrogates the extent to which the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) through its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) influenced the development of Project Maths, a new second-level mathematics education policy in Ireland. …”
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Analysis of the Korean PISA Survey Results in Mathematics Using the Anchoring Vignettes Method by Hyekyung Jung, Haemee Rim

“…The anchoring vignettes method as an alternative to the questionnaire using the Likert scale was newly applied to the student survey in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The three levels of vignettes (high, medium, and low levels) were included in the student survey related to ‘Teacher Support’ and ‘Classroom Management’ in mathematics, the main domain in the PISA 2012. …”
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Testing Measurement Invariance of Academic Self-Efficacy Scale for Singapore, Spain and Turkey by Ozen Yildirim, Eren Can Aybek

“…In this study, as the evidence of validity of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 science self-efficacy scale, the measurement invariance has been tested for different cultures.  …”
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Does isolation from immigrant students benefit or harm third-plus generation students? by Margarita Pivovarova, Jeanne M. Powers

“…We used data from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to assess this claim in U.S. high school contexts, focusing on the mathematics achievement of third-plus generation students who did not attend schools with immigrant students. …”
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