PISA Timeline

The PISA
assessment is

42259.0808.84870205

PISA

forward-looking...

PISA

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE PISA WEBSITE AT http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/PISA

Program for
International
Student
Assessment
(PISA) 2009

focusing on young peoples’ abilities to
use their knowledge and skills to meet
real-life challenges in the future.
PISA provides a unique opportunity for
the United States to understand its
educational standing at the secondary
school level in comparison to other
nations. Findings from PISA are a
valuable tool in discussing ways to
improve reading, mathematics, and
science achievement for all students in
this country, by examining education
policies and practices world wide.

TIMELINE OF PISA 2009 ASSESSMENT
Fall 2008
Principal

n
n

Selects an assessment date convenient for your school.
Identifies a school coordinator. The school coordinator works
with PISA staff to plan for the assessment.

School
Coordinator

Summer 2009 Preassessment Contact
Completes a School Questionnaire asking
about the characteristics of the school and its
enrollment, resources, policies, and learning
environment.

n

n

n

Invited to International PISA conference in
Washington, DC.
Prepares a student list by faxing, mailing or
emailing to Westat.
Ensures parents are notified that their children
have been selected for the assessment.

Students

Fall 2009 Assessment Visit
Arranges assessment space.

n

Helps ensure all sampled students attend the
assessment.

n

n

n

n

Collects completed School Questionnaire
and returns it to PISA staff.

Benefits
n

Receives a $200 check for the school.

n

Represents other similar US schools.

n

n

Receives U.S. national report with final results.

n

Receives a $100 check.

n

Receives U.S. national report with final results.

n

Receive a $20 check.

Ensures all sampled students are released
from class for the assessment.
Meets with PISA representative and reviews
the assessment.

n

Selected students take an assessment and
complete a Student Questionnaire, in a 150
minute session.

n

n

Supported
by
PISA Staff

Find Out
More

n

Provides school with materials explaining PISA and its importance.

n

Works with the principal to set an assessment date.

n

Helps school coordinator with assessment details.

n

n

Maintains school and student confidentiality.

n

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/PISA

n

Calls the school coordinator to discuss
assessment day space, and student
participation.
Selects student sample.
Provides a School Questionnaire to the
school coordinator.

n
n

n

n

Receives PISA report comparing school to U.S. and OECD
averages.

Receive a Certificate of Volunteer Service for 2 1/2 hours
of community service.
Represent other U.S. students like themselves and
contribute to the profile of what American students know
and can do.

Conducts assessment from start to finish.
Furnishes all the assessment materials, pencils,
and test booklets.
Conducts a follow-up interview with the school
coordinator at the end of the assessment.
Packs up the materials to ensure that the
assessments are complete and secure.
n

Provides valuable data to policymakers, educators,
researchers, and the general public about what American
students know in the assessed subjects.