| The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys, which take place every three years, have been designed to collect information about 15-year-old students in participating countries. It is now recognised that the future economic and social well-being of countries is closely linked to the knowledge and skills of their populations. The internationally comparable information provided by PISA allows countries to assess how well their 15-year-old students are prepared for life in a larger context and to compare their relative strengths and weaknesses. PISA is methodologically highly complex, requiring intensive collaboration among many stakeholders. The PISA 2012 Technical Report describes those methodologies, along with other features that have enabled PISA to provide high quality data to support policy formation and review. This report contains a description of the theoretical underpinning of the complex techniques used to create the PISA 2012 database, which includes information on 510 000 students in 65 countries or economies. The database includes not only information on student performance in the main areas of assessment – mathematics, reading, science, problem solving and financial literacy – but also their responses to the Student Questionnaire that they completed as part of the assessment. Data from the principals of participating schools are also included. |
Author(s): OECD
Year Published: 2014
Language: English
Country: Solomon Islands
Download: https://neqmap.bangkok.unesco.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PISA-2012-technical-report-final-1.pdf
