PISA 2009 manuals, sources and methods

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA ) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating countries and administered to 15-year-olds in schools.

TALIS 2008 Technical Report

TALIS is the first international survey to focus on the working conditions of teachers and the learning environment in schools. It focuses on four main research areas: school leadership; professional development; teacher appraisal and feedback; and teaching practices, beliefs and attitudes.

International Approaches to Teacher Selection and Recruitment (EDU Working Paper No. 47)

This report presents the findings of our review of the evidence base on comparative practices of teacher selection and recruitment, specifically on the different mechanisms countries use to assess teacher readiness to take up teaching posts, with particular emphasis on testing or examinations.

Analysis of PISA 2006 Preferred Items Ranking Using the Percent-Correct Method (EDU Working Paper No. 46)

This paper uses an approximate average percent-correct methodology to compare the ranks that would be obtained for PISA 2006 countries if the rankings had been derived from items judged by each country to be of highest priority for inclusion.

Reviews of National Policies for Education: Higher Education in Egypt 2010

This book represents an independent review of Egypt’s higher education system and focuses on areas in need of attention by policy makers and stakeholders.

Related Documents

• Reviews of National Policies for Education: Higher Education in Egypt 2010 - Executive Summary
• Reviews of National Policies for Education: Higher Education in Egypt 2010 in Arabic

OECD Thematic Review on Migrant Education International Questionnaire: Migrant Education Policies in Response to Longstanding Diversity - United Kingdom

As part of the OECD review on migrant education, countries were invited to provide information on their national migrant education policies. Note that this information is in addition to the full country background reports provided by the six countries participating in the policy review: Austria, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The attached information was provided by the United Kingdom using a standard

How Technology Changes Demands for Human Skills (EDU Working Paper no.45)

This paper places the competencies to be measured by the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in the context of the technological developments which are reshaping the nature of the workplace and work in the 21st century.

OECD Reviews of Migrant Education - Sweden

Compared to their native Swedish peers, immigrant students, on average, have weaker education outcomes at all levels of education. Nearing the end of compulsory education, at age 15, there are very significant performance disadvantages for immigrant students.

OECD Reviews of Migrant Education - Denmark

The immigrant population in Denmark is one of the smallest in Western Europe, but it is made up of highly diverse groups coming from about 200 different countries.

Les compétences bien sûr, mais pas seulement: l'influence des compétences cognitives en lecture sur la participation aux études postsecondaires chez les jeunes Canadiens (EDU Working Paper no. 28)

Ce rapport examine l’influence des compétences acquises à l’âge de 15 ans sur la participation aux études postsecondaires chez les jeunes Canadiens. Ces compétences sont mesurées par les résultats au test PISA obtenus auprès d’un échantillon d’élèves canadiens de 15 ans en 2000.