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What PISA intends to and can possibly achieve: A critical programme theory analysis
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of applied educational science. (UCER)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6255-9991
2014 (English)In: European Educational Research Journal, E-ISSN 1474-9041, Vol. 13, no 2, p. 167-180Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper advances the enlightened discussion of the nature, logic, and possible effects of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The purpose is to analyze the assumptions regarding how PISA is to achieve its intended effects, that is, to reconstruct PISA’s programme theory (PT) and to probe the validity of its underlying assumptions. The paper demonstrates that PISA’s PT has low internal validity. However, some PISA assumptions are consistent, for example, the assumption that legitimization activities justify PISA as a transnational benchmarking system measuring education system performance. PISA exemplifies systemic evaluation governance: all actors in the field are expected to use PISA results to react to and reflect on their own practice, compare themselves with others, and then act accordingly to improve education systems and school practice, though no activities or resources are allocated to change school practice. There is no empirical research into how systemic evaluation governance works in practice that can be used to probe PISA’s external validity. PISA’s PT is in line with discourse policy, governance theory, and school effectiveness research, but whether and under what conditions and how PISA helps change education systems and school practice are empirical questions waiting to be answered.

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2014. Vol. 13, no 2, p. 167-180
Keywords [en]
Transnational governance, PISA, programme theory, consistency of assumptions
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Pedagogical Work Pedagogy
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educational work; political science; education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-88189DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2014.13.2.167Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84900003431OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-88189DiVA, id: diva2:713996
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Utvärderingars konsekvenser för grundskolans praktik
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Swedish Research Council, 721-2011-6157Available from: 2014-04-24 Created: 2014-04-24 Last updated: 2023-03-28Bibliographically approved

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