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| Take-away Pisa for busy people | Take-away Pisa for busy people |
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| What are these Pisa tests? | What are these Pisa tests? |
| Not keen on browsing 500+ pages of education test results? Reluctant to look at more tables than an Ikea factory.... | Not keen on browsing 500+ pages of education test results? Reluctant to look at more tables than an Ikea factory.... |
| Here's the short-attention span version. | Here's the short-attention span version. |
| Teenagers around the world take these tests, but it's education ministers who feel the heat. | Teenagers around the world take these tests, but it's education ministers who feel the heat. |
| Because these two-hour tests in maths, reading and science, taken by 500,000 15-year-old pupils, are used to create international league tables, comparing standards in different countries. Individual pupils don't get results, it's education systems. | Because these two-hour tests in maths, reading and science, taken by 500,000 15-year-old pupils, are used to create international league tables, comparing standards in different countries. Individual pupils don't get results, it's education systems. |
| The latest rankings run from Shanghai at the top to Peru at the bottom. The gap in scores between top and bottom is equivalent to six years of learning. | The latest rankings run from Shanghai at the top to Peru at the bottom. The gap in scores between top and bottom is equivalent to six years of learning. |
| If you think you can do better you can try the test yourself. | If you think you can do better you can try the test yourself. |
| The tests are run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. The "Pisa" name stands for the Programme for International Student Assessment, a name chosen so that the acronym spells the same in English as in French. Unlike the OECD. | The tests are run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. The "Pisa" name stands for the Programme for International Student Assessment, a name chosen so that the acronym spells the same in English as in French. Unlike the OECD. |
| It's not just countries taking part. It also includes regional administrations, like Shanghai, which is bigger than most European countries. Although for the next tests in 2015 there will be a wider entry from more Chinese provinces. | |
| As more attention is paid to these tests, there's a mini-backlash of doubters questioning their validity. | As more attention is paid to these tests, there's a mini-backlash of doubters questioning their validity. |
| There are claims against the methodology of the testing and more widely there are warnings against too much being read into the results. | There are claims against the methodology of the testing and more widely there are warnings against too much being read into the results. |
| Among the concerns are that political pressure to boost international rankings will force education systems to become more narrowly focused on these measures. | Among the concerns are that political pressure to boost international rankings will force education systems to become more narrowly focused on these measures. |