What is PISA known for?
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Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower (the bell tower of the city’s cathedral), the city of over 91,104 residents (around 200,000 with the metropolitan area) contains more than 20 other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and various bridges across the Arno.
What is the purpose of PISA assessment?
The PISA-based Test for Schools is a voluntary assessment intended to help school leaders from across the world understand their 15-year old students’ abilities to think critically and apply their knowledge creatively in novel contexts.
Why is PISA test important?
What do the results of PISA 2009 tell us?
The results of PISA 2009 show wide differences between countries in the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds in reading literacy. The equivalent of an average of six years of schooling, 242 score points, separates the highest and lowest average performances of the countries that took part in the PISA 2009 reading assessment.
How many steps are there in the PISA 2009 assessment?
PISA 2009 ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK – KEY COMPETENCIES IN READING, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE © OECD 2009 For this task, nine distinct steps are described (the last one optional). However, except for step 8, the order of the steps could be changed to achieve exactly the same result.
What is the operational problem faced by Pisa?
2 PISA 2009 ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK – KEY COMPETENCIES IN READING, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE © OECD 2009 The operational problem faced by PISA is how to assess whether 15-year-old students are mathematically literate in terms of their ability to mathematise.
What is the third section of the PISA assessment?
The third section focuses on the organisation of the domain of the assessment of reading literacy, and discusses the characteristics that will be represented in the tasks included in the PISA 2009 assessment. The fourth section discusses some of the operational aspects of the