PISA

Student Achievement Regardless of Its Form, Tracking is Inequitable, PISA Analysis Finds
U.S.-style, subject-by-subject tracking is nearly as inequitable as old-fashioned vocational/academic streaming, an analysis of international high school math achievement finds.
Holly Kurtz, May 14, 2014
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Science U.S. Students Score Above Average on First PISA Problem-Solving Exam
U.S. students scored above average on the first PISA assessment of creative problem solving but still lagged behind top-performing nations.
Holly Kurtz, April 1, 2014
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Assessment Opinion Pasi Sahlberg on Finland's Recent PISA Results
Marc Tucker interviews Pasi Sahlberg about Finland's fall in the rankings on the 2012 PISA.
Marc Tucker, February 14, 2014
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Assessment Opinion When 'Pretty Good' Schools Aren't Enough
Meier: I believe the cards are so stacked against children in poverty and children of color that "pretty good" or "good enough for my own kids" will not make it for them.
Deborah Meier, February 11, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion What Now? Federal Education Policy Adrift
How the federal education agenda with an emphasis on on charters, federally imposing the Common Core initiative, teacher evaluation, and test based accountability is seeking solutions in all the wrong places and pushing policies that are not backed by evidence.
Marc Tucker, February 7, 2014
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5 min read
International Opinion Shanghai: Teacher Quality Strategies
A look at how Shanghai is able to both produce high quality beginning teachers at low cost and continuously improve the skills of teachers already in the workforce, leading not only to impressive performance on PISA but better student outcomes overall.
Marc Tucker, January 30, 2014
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5 min read
Assessment Opinion Tom Loveless on Hukou in China
Marc Tucker explains that while China's policies regarding migrant students are problematic, these are slowly being changed. In the meantime, Shanghai's education system still has much to teach the rest of the world.
Marc Tucker, January 24, 2014
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Standards Opinion The Hidden Curriculum
Meier: What is obvious to me about the schools that work well is that the students and their families have overcome the "us" vs. "them" pattern.
Deborah Meier, January 14, 2014
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6 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Opinion PISA Denial: Another Flavor
Marc Tucker refutes critics of PISA who claim that we can ignore the poor performance of US students because the test doesn't measure the things that really matter.
Marc Tucker, January 10, 2014
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Student Achievement Opinion Response to the Brookings Institution Attack on PISA
Marc Tucker and Andreas Schleicher respond to charges from Tom Loveless that the PISA results for Shanghai are suspect.
Marc Tucker, December 26, 2013
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9 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Why Has US Education Performance Flatlined?
Marc Tucker explains why American education flatlined in the 1970s while our international competitors continued to improve and now surpass us.
Marc Tucker, December 19, 2013
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5 min read
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.
Erik W. Robelen, December 18, 2013
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4 min read
International 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.
Liana Loewus, December 13, 2013
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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.
Liana Loewus, December 13, 2013
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2 min read
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