PISA
Assessment
Finland's Global Standing in Education Takes Hit With Latest PISA Results
Educational tourism to Finland may be on the wane following the recent results from an international assessment in math, reading, and science.
Federal
Good News From PISA? U.S. Math/Science Gender Gap Closed
In the United States, there was no statistical difference between boys' and girls' scores in either math or science on the 2012 PISA test.
Student Achievement
U.S. Girls Perform Evenly With Boys in Math and Science, PISA Data Show
In the United States, there was no statistical difference between boys' and girls' scores in either math or science on the 2012 PISA test.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
PISA On the Teacher as Professional
Marc Tucker explains how fundamental changes in the way schools are managed could both attract better teachers and enable them to do their best work.
Federal
Opinion
Diane Ravitch Is Well Respected. And Wrong.
Diane Ravitch's blog PISA Day: Don't Believe Arne Duncan's Orchestrated Hype and Spin, that called Asia Society and our partners in PISA Day conspiracists is wrong. There is no conspiracy.
Standards & Accountability
PISA Shows U.S. 'Standing Still' in Education, Says Ed. Dept. Official
Acting U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education James H. Shelton argued that other nations' decision to expand on what has been successful U.S. education policy helps explain lagging U.S. scores on PISA.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
The Meaning of PISA
Marc Tucker explains how the results of the latest PISA assessment ought to inform America's education policy reform agenda: we should be basing it on the strategies employed by the top performing education systems in the world.
Reading & Literacy
Avoiding 'MalPISAnce': Caveats on International Test Rankings
The PISA results, released today, are both widely publicized and quite complicated. Here are some tips for understanding the data.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
The Finnish Paradox
Pasi Sahlberg explores a central role play has inside and outside the school context as a foundation for positive child development.
Assessment
Opinion
Be Careful What You Wish For
Yong Zhao examines the Chinese struggle with students' academic overload and the two important lessons American education reformers can draw from the Chinese test-oriented culture.
Assessment
Opinion
PISA Learning, Not PISA Topping
Andy Hargreaves addresses four lessons of international benchmarking that are practical and desirable for the U.S. education reform.
Assessment
Opinion
National Standards Are No Longer Enough
Andreas Schleicher, who oversees the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) at OECD, discusses the impact PISA has had on education policy and what we have learned about high performing systems.
Assessment
Opinion
Reform 2.0--But Without Funding
Stu Silberman talks about the need to support teachers and students as we move forward with reform efforts.
Assessment
Opinion
How Your School Compares Internationally
Do we need tests that compare individual American students to their international peers?
