What does PISA data tell us about Scottish schools?

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  1. Here’s an interesting insight into a system widely considered to be the model most want to replicate that produces well rounded and not fucked up kids

    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/pisa-2022-performance-fell-both-in-finland-and-in-nearly-all-other-oecd-countries#

    Wonder what’s happening elsewhere

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/05/australian-students-2022-pisa-scores-results-declining-oecd

    https://schoolsweek.co.uk/pisa-2022-rise-in-maths-but-warning-over-inflated-results/
    “And this year’s landmark Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results are also likely to overinflate scores for England as too few schools took part in the study “

    https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/us-students-pisa-global-assessment

    https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231205-oecd-education-survey-shows-unprecedented-drop-in-student-performance

    Maybe PISA just isn’t a very good way of measuring anything and it’s rather easy for states to game this shit out of the results if they want to.

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