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News Archive
PISA
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03-Jul-2006
In response to the PISA Consortium's concerns about inadequate coverage of the student population in PISA 2000, the Austrian authorities developed adjusted student weights for the PISA 2000 Austrian data with advice from the PISA sampling referee.
This document describes the detail of these adjusted student weights which are available at http://www.bmbwk.gv.at/pisa
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15-May-2006
Many developed countries are failing to help children of immigrant families integrate into society through education. According to the new PISA report “Where immigrant students succeed - A comparative review of performance and engagement in PISA 2003”, immigrant children in some OECD countries lag more than two years behind their native counterparts in school performance, and a sizeable gap remains often even after accounting for socio-economic factors.
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24-Jan-2006
School students who are established computer users tend to perform better in key school sujects than those with limited experience or a lack of confidence in their ability to perform basic computer functions according to the new PISA report Are Students Ready for a Technology-Rich World? What PISA studies tell us.
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18-Oct-2005
Paper setting out ideas for the structure of future PISA assessments from the PISA 2009 cycle and beyond.
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01-Aug-2005
The PISA 2003 Technical Report describes the complex methodology underlying PISA 2003, along with additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses. It presents information on the test and sample design, methodologies used to analyse the data, technical features of the project and quality control mechanisms.
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19-Apr-2005
This brochure explains the 6 strategic objectives of the OECD's Education Directorate for 2005 and 2006.
1) Promoting lifelong learning and improving its linkages with other socio-economic policies
2) Evaluating and improving the outcomes of education
3) Promoting quality teaching
4) Rethinking tertiary education in a global economy
5) Building social cohesion through education
6) Building new futures for Education
PISA belongs to objectives 2, 3 and 5
Version française
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01-Apr-2005
School Factors related to Quality and Equity uses PISA 2000 data to analyse the effect the structure of schooling has on the performance of 15-year-olds. It looks at the grouping of students, segregation of schools, management and financing, school resources and instructional climate and the possible effects these have on performance.
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23-Dec-2004
This report is a summary presenting the main findings from the PISA 2000 survey and draws upon the main OECD publications produced on the OECD/PISA 2000 survey cycle.
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06-Dec-2004
Learning for Tomorrow's World – First Results from PISA 2003 presents initial results from the PISA 2003 assessment. The report goes well beyond an examination of the relative standing of countries in mathematics, science and reading.
View the press release: English, French.
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06-Dec-2004
This report examines how well 15-year-old students tackle problems encountered in every day life which are not obviously linked to knowledge gained at school.
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How are students faring in science today?
PISA 2006 results - Analysis and Data
Volume 1 - Analysis: Gives the most comprehensive international picture of science learning today. Volume 2 - Data: Presents the PISA 2006 full data set underlying Volume 1.
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