How international tests fail to inform policy: The unsolved mystery of Australia's steady decline in PISA scores

Leila Morsy; Tatiana Khavenson; Martin Carnoy

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2017.10.018

How international tests fail to inform policy: The unsolved mystery of Australia's steady decline in PISA scores

Leila Morsy, Tatiana Khavenson, Martin Carnoy

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Highlights

• Argues that explaining national declines in test scores is as important as explaining increases.
• Interviews with Australian experts on reasons for Australia’s large decline in PISA scores.
• Uses microdata from PISA and TIMSS scores to test expert explanations for decline.
• Finds that decline is pervasive across Australian states and social class groups.
• Finds that there is no clear explanation for the large decrease in Australia’s PISA scores.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-79
Number of pages	20
Journal	International Journal of Educational Development
Volume	60
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2017.10.018
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Educational policies
International tests
Private education
Quality of education
Social class differences

UN SDGs

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