This special issue, entitled 'The influence of PISA on education policies', examines the effect of the OECD Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) on national or subnational education policies, their orientation, their conception, their implementation and their evaluation. 'Influence' for the purpose of this collection of articles is defined as a relation between actors where one leads others to do something and continue doing it where they may not otherwise have begun or, once begun, continued.
This issue contains the following feature articles: Mirror, mirror on the wall, tell
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This special issue, entitled 'The influence of PISA on education policies', examines the effect of the OECD Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) on national or subnational education policies, their orientation, their conception, their implementation and their evaluation. 'Influence' for the purpose of this collection of articles is defined as a relation between actors where one leads others to do something and continue doing it where they may not otherwise have begun or, once begun, continued.
This issue contains the following feature articles: Mirror, mirror on the wall, tell me I'm right [editorial] / Alain Michel and Xavier Pons (pages 119-123); Seeing education through the prism of PISA / Andreas Schleicher (pages 124-130); Fifteen years of research on PISA effects on education governance: a critical review / Xavier Pons (pages 131-144); The impact of OECD-PISA results on Japanese educational policy / Noritomo Tasaki (pages 145-153); Fifteen years looking at the mirror: on the presence of PISA in education policy processes (Portugal, 2000-2016) / Luis Miguel Carvalho, Estela Costa, Catarina Goncalves (pages 154-166); Education policy in Poland: the impact of PISA (and other international studies) / Ireneusz Bialecki, Maciej Jakubowski, Jerzy Wisniewski (pages 167-174); PISA and its consequences: shaping education policies through international comparisons / Dennis Niemann, Kerstin Martens, Janna Teltemann (pages 175-183); PISA in Spain: expectations, impact and debate / Alejandro Tiana Ferrer (pages 184-191); The politics of PISA: the media, policy and public responses in Norway and England / Therese N. Hopfenbeck, Kristine Gorgen (pages 192-205); The contribution of PISA to the convergence of education policies in Europe / Alain Michel (pages 206-216); Beyond educational attainment: the importance of skills and lifelong learning for social outcomes: evidence for Europe from PIAAC / Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Margarida Rodrigues, Patricia Costa (pages 217-231) [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 132.233]; Working whilst studying in higher education: the impact of the economic crisis on academic and labour market success / Albert Sanchez-Gelabert, Mijail Figueroa, Marina Elias (pages 232-245) [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 132.234].
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