The PISA effect on global educational governance / By Louis Volante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volante, Louis, author.

Series:

Routledge research in education policy and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Programme for International Student Assessment--Influence.

Programme for International Student Assessment.

Education--Political aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Education.

Education--Political aspects.

Educational change--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational change.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

x, 243 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Part I: Introduction

PISA, policy, and global educational governance / Louis Volante and Xavier Fazio

Part II: Conceptual and methodological issues

Problematizing the expansion of PISA's explanatory power / Clara Morgan

The dialectical impact of PISA on international educational discourse and national education reform / Alexander W. Wiseman and Budi Waluyo

Measurement and evaluation issues with PISA / Harvey Goldstein

Part III: Topical issues within national and transnational contexts

Shanghai-China and the emergence of a global reference society / Charlene Tan and Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr.

Regional ethnic diversity, school ethnic diversity, and PISA performance across Europe / Sjaak Braster and Jaap Dronkers

Socioeconomic segregation in secondary schools: evidence from across the UK / John Jerrim, Nikki Shure, Rodrigo Torres, & Gabriel Gutiérrez

Policy implications of PISA in Germany: the case of teacher education / Christine Sälzer and Manfred Prenzel

The role of PISA in regional and private/public debates in Italy / Daniele Checchi and Stephano Verzillo

PISA, policy, and strategic planning in federal Switzerland

Jeanine Füeg, Vera Husfeldt, and Claudia Zahner Rossier

The use and misuse of PISA results in Poland / Maciej Jakubowski

Using PISA to monitor trends and evaluate reforms in Australia

Geoff N. Masters

A vernacular response: the impact of PISA and the OECD on New Zealand education / Martin Thrupp

Disconnected expectations? Labor market skill content and self-expected occupations of PISA 2015 test takers / Javier Luque

Part IV : Conclusion

PISA and the future of global educational governance / Sylke Viola Schnepf and Louis Volante.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138217416

1138217417

OCLC:

1003131463