Each new edition of PISA causes a small storm. For a few days, scores, rankings and comparisons between countries occupy headlines and talk shows. Some use the results to show that the education system is in crisis; others remind us that education cannot be reduced to a test taken by fifteen-year-old students. Both statements contain a grain of truth, but neither is very useful on its own.
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Each new edition of PISA causes a small storm. For a few days, scores, rankings and comparisons between countries occupy headlines and talk shows. Some use the results to show that the education system is in crisis; others remind us that education cannot be reduced to a test taken by fifteen-year-old students. Both statements contain a grain of truth, but neither is very useful on its own.