Running the Wrong Race? The Case of PISA for Development.
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| Title: | Running the Wrong Race? The Case of PISA for Development. |
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| Authors: | Rutkowski, David, Rutkowski, Leslie |
| Source: | Comparative Education Review. Feb2021, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p147-165. 19p. 4 Charts, 4 Graphs. |
| Subject Terms: | *Assessment of education, *Education policy, Low-income countries |
| Company/Entity: | Programme for International Student Assessment , Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development |
| Abstract: | With the aim of developing an assessment more appropriate for low-income countries, in 2013 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development initiated the Programme for International Student Assessment for Development (PISA-D). Designed as a one-off assessment project resulting in scores comparable to PISA, nine countries joined the project. In this article, we focus on whether PISA-D does what it sets out to do, namely, appropriately measure the specified content in the selected populations. In particular, we investigate the degree to which PISA-D is well-suited for measuring low-performing educational systems. To that end, we detail how well the modifications designed to make PISA-D an "easy" instrument capture assessed populations. We conclude the article with policy implications of our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | With the aim of developing an assessment more appropriate for low-income countries, in 2013 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development initiated the Programme for International Student Assessment for Development (PISA-D). Designed as a one-off assessment project resulting in scores comparable to PISA, nine countries joined the project. In this article, we focus on whether PISA-D does what it sets out to do, namely, appropriately measure the specified content in the selected populations. In particular, we investigate the degree to which PISA-D is well-suited for measuring low-performing educational systems. To that end, we detail how well the modifications designed to make PISA-D an "easy" instrument capture assessed populations. We conclude the article with policy implications of our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00104086 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/712409 |
