Journal article
Is PISA Counter-Productive to Building Successful Educational Systems?
Social Alternatives, Vol.30(4), pp.10-14
2012
Abstract
This article discusses the impact of the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) on educational policies and systems in a global knowledge society, and possible ensuing implications. The effects of standardised testing, both on a national and international level, on education policies and strategies at macro- as well as micro-level are problematised. It is argued that there are sustainable, high quality alternatives to the PISA concept of successful education systems, alternatives involving, for example, a paradigm shift towards more inclusive and holistic education cultures. PISA would be counter-productive to building such an education system. Ultimately the usefulness of PISA is linked to the definition of what constitutes a successful education system.
Details
- Title
- Is PISA Counter-Productive to Building Successful Educational Systems?
- Authors
- Anna Dall (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Social Alternatives, Vol.30(4), pp.10-14
- Publisher
- Social Alternatives
- Date published
- 2012
- ISSN
- 0155-0306
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 Social Alternatives. Reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449753402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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