Thursday, January 29, 2009
[IWS] OECD: PISA 2006 [DATABASE on STUDENT SKILLS, etc.]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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OECD
Database - PISA 2006
http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/
The PISA International Database
PISA is a survey of students' skills and knowledge as they approach the end of compulsory education. It is not a conventional school test. Rather than examining how well students have learned the school curriculum, it looks at how well prepared they are for life beyond school.
Online data
http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/downloads.php
Interactive data selection - to explore the PISA 2006 dataset http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/interactive.php
Multi-dimensional Data Request - submit a query to an automated service http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/multidim.php
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating countries and administered to15-year-olds in schools.
The survey was implemented in < http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,3343,en_32252351_32236225_33663071_1_1_1_1,00.html > 43 countries in the 1st assessment in 2000, in < http://www.oecd.org/document/35/0,3343,en_32252351_32236225_33664291_1_1_1_1,00.html > 41 countries in the 2nd assessment in 2003, in < http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,3343,en_32252351_32236225_33666189_1_1_1_1,00.html > 57 countries in the 3rd assessment in 2006 and 62 countries have signed up to participate in the 4th assessment in 2009.
Tests are typically administered to between 4,500 and 10,000 students in each country.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
OECD
Database - PISA 2006
http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/
The PISA International Database
PISA is a survey of students' skills and knowledge as they approach the end of compulsory education. It is not a conventional school test. Rather than examining how well students have learned the school curriculum, it looks at how well prepared they are for life beyond school.
Online data
- Download the PISA 2006 data set
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating countries and administered to15-year-olds in schools.
The survey was implemented in < http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,3343,en_32252351_32236225_33663071_1_1_1_1,00.html > 43 countries in the 1st assessment in 2000, in < http://www.oecd.org/document/35/0,3343,en_32252351_32236225_33664291_1_1_1_1,00.html > 41 countries in the 2nd assessment in 2003, in < http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,3343,en_32252351_32236225_33666189_1_1_1_1,00.html > 57 countries in the 3rd assessment in 2006 and 62 countries have signed up to participate in the 4th assessment in 2009.
Tests are typically administered to between 4,500 and 10,000 students in each country.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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