Abstract The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has become the
world's largest comparative assessment of academic achievement. While hundreds of …

International large-scale assessments are on the rise, with the Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA) seen by many as having strategic prominence in education …

Abstract The Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) has become one of
the most influential forces in global education. The growing influence has been …

This paper examines whether, to what extent, and how international large-scale
assessments (ILSAs) have influenced education policy-making at the national level. Based …

Purpose School principals should see themselves as social justice leaders, who have the
ability to allow all students to succeed, regardless of their characteristics and backgrounds …

In educational contexts, assessments may be designed to target students, preservice
teachers, or teachers, either as individuals or as representatives of a group, and for a …

Principal educators 'and policy makers' predominant expectation from school principals to
serve as instructional leaders—who engage primarily in a wide range of activities that …

Setting this paper against the backdrop of scholarly research on recent changes in the
OECD's approach and workings in education, I analyse how the OECD has reinforced its …

This article provides a literature review on the effects of the OECD's Programme for
International Student Assessment (PISA) on education governance and policy process …

Purpose: In line with a recent call for side effects research in education, this article aims to
synthesize the major concerns that have been raised in the literature concerning large-scale …