12 Nov 2014
The Global Influence of the OECD in International Education Policies By Simone Bloem
By Simone Bloem, Université Paris Descartes/University of Bamberg.
The OECD is the co-ordinator of what some claim is currently the most important and ... Read More
26 Aug 2014
The Post-2015 Agenda: Examining the Youth Perspective and their Partnership Potential By Nayantara Naik
By Nayantara Naik, Freelance International Education Consultant, New York, New York.
At sixteen, I attended a National Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. ... Read More
11 Jul 2014
Metrics on Policies and Learning Outcomes for Post-2015: Some Words of Caution By Alexandra Draxler
By Alexandra Draxler, Independent Consultant.
The UN Post-2015 High Level Panel’s call for a “data revolution” and for a new global partnership embracing ... Read More
20 Jun 2014
Expanding PISA: The OECD and Global Governance in Education by Sam Sellar and Bob Lingard By Sam Sellar and Bob Lingard
By Sam Sellar and Bob Lingard, School of Education, The University of Queensland.
The education work of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ... Read More
27 May 2014
The Legitimation of OECD’s Global Educational Governance? by Clara Morgan and Riyad Shahjahan
By Clara Morgan, Carleton University and Riyad Shahjahan, Michigan State University.
Despite a flurry of book-length publications on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation ... Read More
31 Mar 2014
‘Big Data’ Does Not Mean Good Data By Susan L. Robertson
By Susan L. Robertson, University of Bristol.
Andreas Schleicher – Head of the Indicators and Analysis Division in the OECD, Paris, in his ... Read More
27 Jan 2014
PIAAC (the PISA for Adults): a Powerful Tool for the OECD Skills Strategy By Oscar Valiente
By Oscar Valiente, University of Glasgow.
The OECD launched the first results of the International Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) ... Read More
20 Jan 2014
Making PISA in Shanghai By Kai-ming Cheng
By Kai-ming Cheng, University of Hong Kong.
The PISA 2012 results were published in December 2013; Shanghai again tops the ranking, followed by ... Read More
16 Jan 2014
PISA in Peru: Achieving Poorly, But Improving By Santiago Cueto
By Santiago Cueto, Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Peru.
As in the past, the recent results of the PISA assessment for ... Read More
13 Jan 2014
PISA for Development: One World, One Measure for Learning? By Angeline M. Barrett
By Angeline M. Barrett, University of Bristol.
Technical work has started on PISA for Development, the three year project, conceived as a pilot, ... Read More