This paper investigates differences between male and female student performance on multiple-choice (MC) versus constructed-response (CR) items used on the large-scale math and reading PISA tests. The ...

Teachers all over the country are wondering what new tests for the common standards will look like when they make their debut in 2015. One of the two consortia working on those assessments has come ...

The results are in: The National Center for Education Statistics today released its findings for the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The assessment, which has been ...

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The average OECD score was 493. American 15-year-olds declined in performance on the "mathematics literacy" portion of the 2015 international PISA assessments, compared to 2012 and 2009. Reading and ...

A recent global assessment of 15-year-olds' math and reading skills shows that the United States lags far behind its peer nations in math while performing unexpectedly well in reading. The Program for ...

Does America have a high school math problem? U.S. teens still are performing mid-pack relative to their peers around the world on a set of international tests, according to a new report. On the ...

Have you ever wondered how countries compare when it comes to their education systems? That’s where the PISA Test comes in. PISA, or the Programme for International Student Assessment, is a worldwide ...

The UAE has advanced eight points in mathematics skills, according to the results of the recent edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) 2018. The Ministry of Education ...