Education outcomes and contextual data: the potential of international surveys like PISA
Simone BloemOECD Directorate for Education
Programme for Co-operation with Non-member economies
Outline
• Overview of international surveys:
PISA TIMMS PIRLS
• Relevance of PISA for assessing integrity of education systems
• School system characteristics that are positively associated with performance, equity and integrity
• Next steps
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International Surveys
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OECD: PISA
A map of PISA countries and economies
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IAE: TIMMS
IAE: PIRLS
Reading Mathematics Science
Mean score Mean score Mean scoreMean S.E. Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
OECD
Estonia 501 (2.6) 512 (2.6) 528 (2.7)Poland 500 (2.6) 495 (2.8) 508 (2.4)Hungary 494 (3.2) 490 (3.5) 503 (3.1)OECD average 493 (0.5) 496 (0.5) 501 (0.5)Latvia 484 (3.0) 482 (3.1) 494 (3.1)Slovenia 483 (1.0) 501 (1.2) 512 (1.1)Czech Republic 478 (2.9) 493 (2.8) 500 (3.0)Slovak Republic 477 (2.5) 497 (3.1) 490 (3.0)Croatia 476 (2.9) 460 (3.1) 486 (2.8)Lithuania 468 (2.4) 477 (2.6) 491 (2.9)Russian Federation 459 (3.3) 468 (3.3) 478 (3.3)Serbia 442 (2.4) 442 (2.9) 443 (2.4)Bulgaria 429 (6.7) 428 (5.9) 439 (5.9)Romania 424 (4.1) 427 (3.4) 428 (3.4)Montenegro 408 (1.7) 403 (2.0) 401 (2.0)Albania 385 (4.0) 377 (4.0) 391 (3.9)
Background data
International surveys deliver…
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Integrity and PISA
School characteristics related to performance and/or equity
Low differentiation of the school system
School characteristics related to performance and/or equity
Accountability
School characteristics related to performance and/or equity
School autonomy
School characteristics related to performance and/or equity
Spending on education
School characteristics related to performance and/or equity
Learning environment
Next steps
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