This paper investigates differences between male and female student performance on multiple-choice (MC) versus constructed-response (CR) items used on the large-scale math and reading PISA tests. The ...

Have you ever wondered how countries compare when it comes to their education systems? That’s where the PISA Test comes in. PISA, or the Programme for International Student Assessment, is a worldwide ...

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has unveiled guidelines for students and schools as Kenya takes part in a global education benchmarking initiative known as the Programme for ...

The results for PISA 2009 are revisited, focusing on the large decline in the scores of Irish students in reading and mathematics achievement. Findings concerning two aspects of PISA are reviewed: (a) ...

On June 16, the 80 member countries of PISA, the programme for international student assessment, will meet in Paris to discuss a new ‘assessment of global competence’ to be rolled out for its 2018/19 ...

Several countries in south-east Europe performed worse than before in the OECD’s latest assessment of 15-year-olds’ mathematics, science and reading skills, with Turkey one of the few to display a ...

In case you haven’t noticed, the debate over testing has become quite heated. Parents, teachers, public officials, and advocates have been arguing over how may tests students have to take, how long ...

When tens of thousands of 15-year-olds worldwide sit down at computers to take the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) examination this fall, they will be tested on reading, math and ...

Conventional wisdom is that top U.S. students fare well compared to their peers across the globe. According to this line of reasoning, the US doesn’t make it on the list of the top 25 countries in ...

Sarfaroz Niyozov works for the University of Toronto. He received funding from SSHRC in 2009. Wendy Hughes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

Alma Harris does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...