What PISA Produces

 

Main resultsTest questionsPISA in Focus | Videos | Databases | Assessment frameworksManuals and guidelinesTechnical reports | Technical notes | In-depth reportsWorking research papers

 

Main Results
Rankings of student performance by country/economy.

Information on student background, students’ approaches to learning and organisation of schools from the years: 2000200320062009

 

Test questions
Examples of tests given to the students:
PISA Take the Test - examples from 2000, 2003 and 2006.
Paper-and-pencil - interactive version - examples from 2000, 2003 and 2006.
Computer-based - examples from 2009 (user name: public, password: access).

 

PISA in Focus
Monthly education policy-oriented notes designed to describe a PISA topic in a concise, user-friendly way

Videos

Strong performers and successful reformers in Education - policy experience videos on Canada, Finland, Poland and Shanghai produced by the Pearson Foundation.

PISA - measuring student success around the world - a video explaining what PISA is about.

 

Databases
A database for each year the students took the test: 200020032006 and 2009.

Assessment frameworks
Theory behind the surveys determining what they aim to achieve and how they're developed: 
200020032006, 20092012.

Manuals and guidelines

SAS and SPSS data analysis manuals    

PISA 2009 manuals and guidelines

PISA 2012 translation manuals and guidelines

Technical reports
Technical reports describing the implementation of the surveys in :

2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009.

Technical notes

Comments on Kreiner 2011: Is the foundation under PISA solid? A critical look at the scaling model underlying international comparisons of student attainment.

 

In-depth reports
Covering a wide range of subjects at the student, school and government levels. 'Strong Performers and Successful Reformers' a publication series aimed at providing policy advice to individual countries is included here.

 

 

Working/research papers
Short papers covering a topic in-depth - click here for all PISA and other education-related working papers.


 

 

Top of page

What is PISA? Find out on YouTube

PISA - Measuring student success around the world

Focus

Against the Odds: Disadvantaged Students Who Succeed in School

This book looks at the students who excel in PISA surveys despite a disadvantaged background.