Pisa Envy; Testing Education  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8819 (Jan. 2013), page 55-56.
Topik: Education Policy; Schools; Educational Evaluation; Elementary Education; Politics

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Parents pore over them. Teachers protest about them. Politicians preen when they are positive--and blame their predecessors if they are not. International league tables have acquired a central role in debates about education policy. Data duels are a recent phenomenon. The OECD (a Paris-based developed-country think-tank) has published its PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) studies of 15-year-olds' proficiency in reading, maths and science every three years since 1997. TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) has conducted four-yearly assessments of attainment at nine and 13 years of age since 1995. In 2011 it coincided with the quinquennial PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) which has studied nine-year-olds' reading abilities since 2001. Critics point out that these are only snapshots: they may show what is happening, but not why. Now a newcomer is trying to dig deeper. "The Learning Curve" is published by Pearson (our part owner) and compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (our sister company). It uses the existing measures, but adds criteria such as graduation rates, adult literacy and the effect of years in school on productivity.

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