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Understanding Pisa And Its Impact On Policy Initiative: A Review Of The Evidence, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin, Dita Nugroho
Understanding Pisa And Its Impact On Policy Initiative: A Review Of The Evidence, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin, Dita Nugroho
Dr Petra Lietz
In addition to monitoring the quality of education in national systems, the PISA empirical results provide the necessary evidence base for making changes to both policies and practices in education. In this regards, this chapter presents evidence from two systematic reviews of the impact of large scale assessments including PISA on educational policy. Particular attention is given to the types of assessment programmes undertaken, their goals and uses, the stages of the policy process informed by assessments; and the facilitators of and barriers to the uses of assessment data in the educational policy-making process. This chapter concludes with considerations regarding …
Informing Policy And Practice, John Ainley
Informing Policy And Practice, John Ainley
Dr John Ainley
Comparing results from large-scale assessments can usefully inform education policy and planning, and educational practice in schools and classrooms, as John Ainley explains.
Informing Policy In Developing Countries, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin
Informing Policy In Developing Countries, Petra Lietz, Mollie Tobin
Dr Petra Lietz
Petra Lietz and Mollie Tobin discuss the impact of large-scale assessment programs on education policy in developing countries.