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What Do We Really Learn from PISA? The Sociology of its Reception in Three European Countries (2001–2008) 1
Author(s) -
Pons Xavier
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2011.01499.x
Subject(s) - international education , politics , political science , international relations , statistical analysis , international studies , sociology , social science , higher education , law , statistics , mathematics
This article synthesises some findings of an international research project called Know&Pol to question the effects of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) on the public debate in three European countries (France, Portugal and Scotland). Using a political science approach, it shows that Pisa did not favour policy learning among actors, but confirmed their pre‐existing opinions and policy stances and that it legitimised them by affixing them with the seal of a statistical international survey.