The results for PISA 2009 are revisited, focusing on the large decline in the scores of Irish students in reading and mathematics achievement. Findings concerning two aspects of PISA are reviewed: (a) ...

The latest PISA scores are out. And for those who have closely followed the international test, which is delivered to 15-year-olds in developed countries every three years, the top-line results won’t ...

I would be a lawyer/accountant/doctor/engineer/etc but I just couldn’t be bothered to take the test.” We don’t believe them, ...

Jo-Anne Baird gives assessment consultancy advice to, and receives research funding from, governments and commercial organisations, including Ofqual and Pearson. With the creeping rise of exam results ...

The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results released at the end of 2019 seem to be another big win for China’s education system. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic ...

On June 16, the 80 member countries of PISA, the programme for international student assessment, will meet in Paris to discuss a new ‘assessment of global competence’ to be rolled out for its 2018/19 ...