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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

 

PISA 2012 RESULTS [3 December 2013]

http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results.htm

[scroll down at this URL for country-specific information]

 

Press Release 3 December 2013

Asian countries top OECD’s latest PISA survey on state of global education

http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/asian-countries-top-oecd-s-latest-pisa-survey-on-state-of-global-education.htm

 

 

PISA 2012 is the programme’s 5^th survey. It assessed the competencies of 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science (with a focus on mathematics) in 65 countries and economies. 

Around 510 000 students between the ages of 15 years 3 months and 16 years 2 months participated in the assessment, representing about 28 million 15-year-olds globally.

The students took a paper-based test that lasted 2 hours. The tests were a mixture of open-ended and multiple-choice questions that were organised in groups based on a passage setting out a real-life situation. A total of about 390 minutes of test items were covered.  Students took different combinations of different tests. They and their school principals also answered questionnaires to provide information about the students' backgrounds, schools and learning experiences and about the broader school system and learning environment.

 

FULL REPORTS & DATA

·         What Students Know and Can Do: Student Performance in Mathematics, Reading and Science (Volume I)

 

·         Excellence through Equity: Giving Every Student the Chance to Succeed (Volume II)

 

·         Ready to Learn: Student Engagement, Attitudes and Motivation (Voume III)

 

·         What Makes Schools Successful? Resources, Policies and Practices (Volume IV)

·         Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education - Lessons from PISA 2012 for the United States

 

 

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