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International BenchmarkingWhat it means – what it takes
Washington, September 11, 2009
Andreas SchleicherHead, Indicators and Analysis Division
OECD Directorate for Education
Dimensions for educational benchmarking
National educ, social and economic context
Structures, resource alloc
and policies
Social & economic
outcomes of education
Community and school
characteristics
Student learning, teacher working
conditions
Socio-economic background of
learners
Antecedentscontextualise or
constrain ed policy
The learning environment at
school
Teaching, learning
practices and classroom
climate
Individ attitudes, engagement and
behaviour
Output and performance of
institutions
Quality of instructional
delivery
Quality and distribution of knowledge &
skills
Policy Leversshape educational
outcomes
Outputs and Outcomes
impact of learning
Individual learner
LevelA
Instructional settings
LevelB
Schools, other institutions
LevelC
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LevelD
Domain 3Domain 2Domain 1
National educ, social and economic context
Structures, resource alloc
and policies
Social & economic
outcomes of education
Community and school
characteristics
Student learning, teacher working
conditions
Socio-economic background of
learners
Antecedentscontextualise or
constrain ed policy
The learning environment at
school
Teaching, learning
practices and classroom
climate
Individ attitudes, engagement and
behaviour
Output and performance of
institutions
Quality of instructional
delivery
Quality and distribution of knowledge &
skills
Policy Leversshape educational
outcomes
Outputs and Outcomes
impact of learning
Individual learner
LevelA
Instructional settings
LevelB
Schools, other institutions
LevelC
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LevelD
Domain 3Domain 2Domain 1
Dimensions for educational benchmarking
Tertiary-type A graduation rate
A world of change – higher education
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A world of change – higher education
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A world of change – higher education
Australia
FinlandUnited Kingdom
Tertiary-type A graduation rate
A world of change – higher education
United States
Australia
Finland
National educ, social and economic context
Structures, resource alloc
and policies
Social & economic
outcomes of education
Community and school
characteristics
Student learning, teacher working
conditions
Socio-economic background of
learners
Antecedentscontextualise or
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The learning environment at
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Teaching, learning
practices and classroom
climate
Individ attitudes, engagement and
behaviour
Output and performance of
institutions
Quality of instructional
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Quality and distribution of knowledge &
skills
Policy Leversshape educational
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Outputs and Outcomes
impact of learning
Individual learner
LevelA
Instructional settings
LevelB
Schools, other institutions
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Domain 3Domain 2Domain 1
Dimensions for educational benchmarking
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Outputs and Outcomes
impact of learning
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Dimensions for educational benchmarking
Quality of instructional
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Average performanceof 15-year-olds on PISA in science
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Russian Federation
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Czech Republic SwitzerlandMacao- ChinaGermanyUnited Kingdom
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Hong Kong- China
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CanadaEstonia
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OECD (2004), Learning for tomorrow’s world: First results from PISA 2003, Table 4.1a, p.383.
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Explaining phenomena scientifically
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Knowledge about science
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OECD (2007), PISA 2006 – Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World, Figure 2.13
Science competencies
Science knowledge
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Scientific competencies
Scientific knowledge
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Structures, resource alloc
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Community and school
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Output and performance of
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Quality of instructional
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Policy Leversshape educational
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Outputs and Outcomes
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Low policy value
High policy value
Low feasibility
High feasibility
Money pits
Must haves
Low-hanging fruits
Quick wins
Examine individual, institutional and systemic
factors associated with high performance
Establish the relative standing of states on
international standards
Extending the range of competencies through which
outcomes are assessed
Measuring growth in learning
A real-time assessment environment that bridges the gap between formative and
summative assessment .
Monitor educational progress
Assuming that every new skill domain is orthogonal
to all others
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Coverage of world economy 77%81%83%85%86%87%
OECD’s PISA assessment of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds
Subnational/regional PISA assessments in
Country Coordinated by Reported at Australia National authorities National
level Belgium Regions OECD level
Brazil Regions National level
Canada National authorities National level
Germany National authorities National level
Italy Regions OECD level Mexico National authorities National
level Spain Regions OECD level Switzerland Regions National
level United Kingdom Regions OECD level
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volume of the tests, e.g.– 3½ hours of main assessment area– 1 hour for each of the minor assessment areas
each student– 2 hours on paper-and-pencil tasks (subset of all questions)– ½ hour for questionnaire on background, learning habits,
learning environment, engagement and motivationschool principals
– questionnaire (school demography, learning environment)
Alternatives Suitable if state performance is main interest
– Curriculum match / assessment match– Embedding PISA items in state tests– Embedding state items in PISA tests
Requires coherence between assessment frameworks .
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A unit structure Authentic stimuli/contexts High proportion of constructed response
items Multiple-choice Short constructed responses Open constructed responses .
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policy makers with a baseline profile of the knowledge, skills and competencies of students in their state relative to those in other countries
A set of contextual indicators that provide insight into how such skills relate to important demographic, social, economic and educational variables
Trend indicators that become available because of the on-going, cyclical nature of the data collections
A knowledge base for further focused policy analysis.
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