{"id":57562,"date":"2019-04-18T08:27:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=57562"},"modified":"2024-09-01T09:55:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:55:49","slug":"volante-jerrim-ritzen-and-schnepf-new-global-testing-standards-will-force-countries-to-revisit-academic-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/04\/volante-jerrim-ritzen-and-schnepf-new-global-testing-standards-will-force-countries-to-revisit-academic-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"VOLANTE, JERRIM, RITZEN AND SCHNEPF: New global testing standards will force countries to revisit academic rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louis Volante, Professor in Brock’s Department of Educational Studies, co-wrote a piece recently published in The Conversation<\/em><\/a> about the impact of global testing standards.<\/p>\n

The article was co-written by John Jerrim, Lecturer in Economics and Social Statistics at UCL in London, Jo Ritzen, Professor of International Economics of Education, Science and Technology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and Sylke Schnepf, Senior Researcher at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.<\/p>\n

They write:<\/p>\n

Since 2000 when the\u00a0Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)\u00a0launched a global academic benchmark for measuring student outcomes by testing 15-year-olds, many global education systems have been impacted by what sometimes looks and feels like a race to rank high.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the OECD launched\u00a0the Programme for International Student Assessment \u2014 PISA\u00a0\u2014 the idea was to enable countries to make cross-national comparisons of student achievement using a common\/standard metric to increase human capital. In other words, higher academic achievement should correlate with earning in the future and a country\u2019s standard of living. As PISA states, it publishes the results of the test a year after the students are tested to help governments shape their education policies.<\/em><\/p>\n

As PISA has developed, through seven global testing rounds\u00a0every three years, with the first in 2000 and the most recent in 2018, for some\u00a0it has gained a reputation as the \u201cOlympics of education\u201d\u00a0given the widespread\u00a0attention\u00a0that country rankings receive\u00a0following\u00a0the release of results.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recent cross-cultural research suggests\u00a0the influence of PISA is growing around the world. Indeed, in countries such as Germany and Canada assessment systems have been developed that mirror the PISA test. Further, governments look to PISA results twinned with other\u00a0social outcome measures such as equity in education and social mobility\u00a0or\u00a0immigrant success.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, partly in the face of criticisms, PISA is looking at expanding how and what it tests. Collectively, changes to PISA will likely spur a shift in priorities by national governments \u2014 particularly since\u00a0countries are keen to achieve good outcomes\u00a0and to rank high.<\/em><\/p>\n

As this process unfolds, policy-makers must remember that the social consequences of a test are just as important as the test\u2019s content. Putting a new face on PISA will undoubtedly present various opportunities and challenges.<\/em><\/p>\n

Continue reading the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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