Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

PISA-Programme for International Student Assessment

http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2987,en_32252351_32235731_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

PISA is an international standardized test given to 15 year olds with assessments given in 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009. Knowledge of math, reading, and science are assessed. Several variables are looked at including learning climate, gender, resources. Data from the various test countries are presented. There is a tool to compare various countries and subjects within those countries.

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