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- Title
PISA in Spain: Expectations, impact and debate.
- Authors
Tiana Ferrer, Alejandro
- Abstract
PISA, which was launched by OECD, is one of the most significant and successful initiatives on which education systems have recently collectively embarked. However, although it is a well-coordinated international programme, its reception differs according to country. There is therefore a need to analyse specific national circumstances in order to gain a deeper understanding of the undertaking as a whole. This article specifically considers Spain's participation in PISA and focuses on a number of aspects: a) the expectations created when it joined the programme, in parallel to the implementation of its own national education evaluation system; b) the impact PISA has had, both in the media and in political and discursive spheres; and c) the technical and scientific debates generated in Spanish academic media. Finally, it is argued that, in the last few years, PISA has met with a certain disenchantment among specialists and the public opinion because of its limitations as a ranking tool, the difficulty in explaining its findings, and its inability to prescribe education policies that are suitable for very different contexts.
- Subjects
PROGRAMME for International Student Assessment; ORGANISATION for Economic Co-operation &; Development; NATIONAL educational standards; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; EDUCATION policy; SECONDARY education
- Publication
European Journal of Education, 2017, Vol 52, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
0141-8211
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ejed.12214