| Few numbers command as much power as PISA scores, not even the number of Olympic medals or Nobel Prize winners in the world today. It is utterly shocking and embarrassing to see some otherwise rational and well-educated people in powerful positions believe that three test scores show the quality of their education systems, the effectiveness of their teachers, the ability of their students, and the future prosperity of their society. Moreover, PISA claims to find educational stars by identifying which education systems better prepare their children for ﾃ ぎﾅ"full participation in modern societiesﾃ ぎ 敕 ぎ"as measured by PISA scores. The goal is for educational systems to learn from ﾃ ぎﾅ"the highest-performing and most rapidly improving school systemsﾃ ぎ The claims are as bold as they are illusory. In a June 2013 article in the Times Education Supplement (TES) magazine... |
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